As the Roman Republic, and later the Roman empire, expanded, it came to include people from a variety of cultures, and religions. The worship of an ever increasing number of deities was tolerated and accepted. The government, and the Romans in general, tended to be tolerant towards most religions and cults. however some religions were persecuted for political reasons rather than dogmatic zeal, and other rites banned which involved human sacrifice.

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  • As the Roman Republic, and later the Roman empire, expanded, it came to include people from a variety of cultures, and religions. The worship of an ever increasing number of deities was tolerated and accepted. The government, and the Romans in general, tended to be tolerant towards most religions and cults. however some religions were persecuted for political reasons rather than dogmatic zeal, and other rites banned which involved human sacrifice. In the Christian era the Church came to accept it was the Emperor's duty to use secular power to enforce religious unity, anyone within the church who did not subscribe to Catholic Christianity was seen as a threat to the dominance and purity of "the one true faith" and they saw it as their right to defend this by all means at their disposal.
  • Le persecuzioni dei pagani furono episodi di intolleranza religiosa che segnarono la progressiva sostituzione del Cristianesimo al Paganesimo soprattutto nel corso del IV, fino alla scomparsa di quest'ultimo, mentre secondo altri sarebbero attestate anche in seguito. Di recente, con la rinascita del Paganesimo, si sono manifestati casi di discriminazione nei confronti di queste nuove correnti religiose.
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  • August 2008
  • March 2009
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  • False assumption linking Roman aggression towards Jews to some sort of Christian-related phenomenon
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  • As the Roman Republic, and later the Roman empire, expanded, it came to include people from a variety of cultures, and religions. The worship of an ever increasing number of deities was tolerated and accepted. The government, and the Romans in general, tended to be tolerant towards most religions and cults. however some religions were persecuted for political reasons rather than dogmatic zeal, and other rites banned which involved human sacrifice.
  • Le persecuzioni dei pagani furono episodi di intolleranza religiosa che segnarono la progressiva sostituzione del Cristianesimo al Paganesimo soprattutto nel corso del IV, fino alla scomparsa di quest'ultimo, mentre secondo altri sarebbero attestate anche in seguito. Di recente, con la rinascita del Paganesimo, si sono manifestati casi di discriminazione nei confronti di queste nuove correnti religiose.
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  • Persecution of religion in ancient Rome
  • Persecuzioni dei pagani
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