Roman Empire

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Roman Empire (98:3sec). See also Romans; Rome
attributes of Roman state (71:1.13-21)
demanded loyalty (191:5.3)
foreign policy
destruction of Jerusalem by Roman armies (170:2.25) (172:3.10) (176:0.1) (176:1sec)
Judea was the most difficult province to govern; error to have sent Pilate (185:1.2,9)
objectives in Levant (121:2.8)
overcame nationalism by imperial universalism (195:3.2)
wars with Parthia (121:1.9)
included all of southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, northwest Africa (132:0.3)
Jews revolt against R.E. suicidal (121:2.8) (128:5.3)
no Latin word for unselfishness (195:3.3)
political genius for empire administration (195:1.8)
practice of carrying water 3 times around corpse (87:6.12)
practice of throwing stone into air invoking Jupiter (85:1.3)
reasons for decline; too rapid extension with internal degeneration (71:1.22) (195:3.8-9)
religion
Christians conquered R.E. in 300 years (195:6.9) (195:10.18)
conquered by cults and god concepts of Egypt, Greece, and the Levant (98:3.6)
emperor worship (98:3.7-8)
fought Christianity at first (195:1.5)
influence on Christianity (195:2sec)
mostly observances of forms, vows, and taboos (98:3.2)
political observance (98:3.1) (130:3.5) (195:2.3)
receptive to Christian teachings (195:0.2)
spiritually unsatisfied in times of Jesus (195:0.2) (195:3.1)
tolerant of all religions (121:1.1,3) (195:2.2)
took over Greek culture, religion (98:3.3) (195:2.5)
triad gods (104:0.3)
social situation
5 social strata in times of Jesus (121:3.1,9)
conditions in 2nd century A.D. (195:3.7-11)
favored monogamous marriage (83:6.3)
half population were slaves; majority inferiors (121:3.6-8)
half the year wasted on cult ceremonies (87:3.4)
Jews scattered throughout (121:2.3-4)
lax divorce practices (140:8.14)
no widespread social problems (121:3.9)
Romans contrasted with Greeks and Jews (191:5.3)
Romans were great, governed themselves; lawyers by nature and training (195:2.4-6)
strengths and weaknesses (71:1.13-22)

Cross-references

See also Romans
See also Rome

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