THEO 206 Chapter : Lesson 2 with readings.docx
14 Sep 2014
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Empire: the main role that roman religion served was to make sure that there was harmony between people and gods, roman religion was a polytheistic religion belief in many gods very different from christianity and judaism (one god, the important role of pacification= making sure you"re on good terms with god, christians were seen as trouble makers because they did not want to participate or show respect to roman gods, one of the main reasons christianity was persecuted. The roman world: christianity was born in the roman empire, roman colonization was militaristic and administrative, the east colonized the empire culturally and religiously, places under roman control from 510 bc to 1453 ad, roman republic, 510 bc 27 bc, roman empire, 27 bc 476 ad/1453 ad, western roman empire, 286 476 ad, eastern roman empire, 330 1453 ad, byzantine empire, 330 1453 ad.
