Shouldnt the Romans be viewed as the most intolerant empire since they threw people to the lions for fun because people had a different god? This is even worse than the witch burnings.
2007-06-22 07:48:27 · 7 answers · asked by Glen 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Such a shallow understanding of the Romans.
2007-06-22 08:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uhh.... you know that pretty much every society in history has done that, right?
Heck, the Americans tortured and murdered Native's and blacks for centuries for fun. So did the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Celts, the English, the Spanish, the Gauls... I can keep going.
Actually, the Romans were a very tolerant people in comparison to most. They usually simply adopted new gods as part of their Pantheon.
You might like to go read some history books.
2007-06-22 14:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually overall the Romans were quite tolerant of other beliefs. They only went after the ones that they felt were threating Roman rule. They were far more interested in politics than religion, but some religions try to mix the two.
2007-06-22 14:54:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And the comparison of Romans (which is a culture) to religions, works how?
2007-06-22 15:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh, the Romans killed people for fun. So did Carthage, though.
2007-06-22 14:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by 2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are comparing an empire to a religion
how does that work ?
2007-06-22 14:52:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dunno. There's not a lot in it.
2007-06-22 15:48:26 · answer #7 · answered by hedgewitch18 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋