Jesus of Nazareth was born in Judea, sometimes around the beginning of the Christian era. He lived during an extremely chaotic time, when people were bombarded with many religious concepts, and were filled with discontent toward the political system. There were groups of people who focused on preserving Jewish laws and concepts, and predicted the coming of a figure who would rescue the Jews for Tome. They were known as the Pharisees. The Zealots, who wished to destroy the Romans by armed forces, were also in existence. The Es

One could see how the spread of Christianity increased rapidly after the death of Jesus. Centuries had passed, and it had become the major religion of the Roman world. All though set in competition with many other religions, Christians held firmly to its beliefs, and wouldn’t let anyone take away their principles. Since then, Christianity has gained many more followers, and has increased the strength of the faith of the religion.

“[The members of the Christian faith] were bound together not only by common rites, but by a common way of life, and by their common danger” (Sherman 120). The Christians had to bond, and rely on their strong organizational structure in order to protect themselves against those who possessed a certain hatred for them. This newly found religion had posed a threat to the world of the Romans. A majority of the Jews felt as though Christianity weakened and separated their communities. The Jews did not hesitate in bad mouthing the Christians to the Roman authorities. The authorities had problems of their own, however, that they needed to address. The Christians had refused to sacrifice to the official Roman gods. This prevented the acceptance of official rituals, and this, to many people, demonstrated religious and political rebellion. “Many Romans feared that Christian exclusiveness masked a certain hostility to the state” (Hause 103). The bond that the Christians had together posed a threat to the Romans; they feared this new group of people would conspire and plot against the current government. However, how did the Romans handle the threat that was posed by the Christians? The Christians were conveniently blamed for everything that went wrong, and they were also persecuted. The Romans felt that they could

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