02-07-2003, 04:34 AM
I dont think the early christians were really such nice people. I think they were purposfully a severe pain for the ruling power to deal with. as far as the jewish thing goes (skirting a very sensitive area) They were mostly given extraordinary latitude to conduct their affairs, and generally when they stepped outside the bounds of acceptable behavior (to the roman governments) they were spanked as necessary. My interest in Rome has also caused me some mild embarrassment, and I'm not going to be a 'roman apologist', but I don't think they were really so wrong. especially from the standards of the time. I'm not excusing any atrocities which occured, but indeed Times really haven't changed much after all. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=gaiusmariusaquilus>Gaius Marius Aquilus</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://images.honesty.com/imagedata/h/573/16/257626.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 2/7/03 5:35:58 am<br></i>
