Christianity in the roman empire.

[Celtic505]

I think that how the Romans acted under the religious title of "Christian" is no different from how they acted as "Pagans". They still maintained large armies and conquered lands, fought amongst themselves, had slaves, etc. Whatever way they acted under the new banner of christianity is undoubtedly influenced by their actions as pagans, that is a cultural and social behavior that was predominant in their society for hundreds of years, you cannot expect them to be any less violent or ethnocentric just because they have a new religion. They were still the same people they always were.