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Iep and we use the same method as the romans did for building roads

and the most use front to day is Roman font, probably many other thing is from the roman as well

There are more factors than just these. The Romans did not tolerate any religion that practiced human sacrifice, infanticide or cannibalism. Most early Christians practiced the Eucharist (more commonly known as Communion today) which is the ritual consumption of Christ's flesh and blood and while today this is considered purely symbolic, back then they used to believe that the bread and wine literally transformed into the flesh and blood of Jesus when it entered your body (some Catholics still believe this today). To the Romans this was a big no-no, as the idea of a God that wants his followers to devour his flesh was seen as cannibalistic, and it didn't help that the practice of Baptism was very bizarre and foreign to them as involving an infant in a ritual where they are submerged and "made pure" or "reborn in the light" was seen as being in the same line of thinking as infanticide (although obviously not as bad) since it meant that you had to involve your own child in a religious ceremony in order for them to be accepted by their family. Another interesting thing about early Christians was that they were terrible at making money (a fact that remained true through the medieval period as well, with the exception of the minority that belonged to or worked for merchant guilds, or for those who grew up around the Mediterranean trade networks or something similar where striving for affluence was completely normalized) because the Christian faith looked down at the idea of charging interest for loans or inflating prices for profit because it was considered exploitative and against the teachings of Jesus, which is why when feudalism became the norm the church berated non-noble wealthy aristocrats as they made their fortune from trading at the local level rather than inheriting it or receiving it from the peerage, and why eventually the Catholic church started to flat-out ban usury in areas they had influence over. Anyway, taking it back to the Romans - most Christians were dirt poor and their inability to engage with Roman markets effectively was one of many stereotypes that were associated with them and likened them to the Roman conception of the uncivilized "barbarian", unsuited to "proper" society. There are other factors I can think of too but I won't drone on. Add this to the stuff you've already mentioned, an ever-growing Christian population and the political incentive to shift blame away from the state that arose in the midst of the 1st century and you have a recipe for disaster.

@@thezone709 All Catholics believe in transubstantiation

@@thezone709it is not considered purely symbolic, we in the apostolic churches (catholics, eastern orthodox, oriental orthodox and assyrian church of the east) and even some traditional protestant ones fully believe Christ is present in body and blood in the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist.

It was burned down purposely by the Nero at the time. He could have cared less about loss of citizens or anything else, he was a psychopath.

To add to that, there are accounts of the first christians going out at night to burn temples all around the empire. So the belief that the christians started the fire was probably much more popular than later accounts suggest.

Austria’s really cool as well, great beer & food & cool ass HUGE palaces to tour. The train ride from Austria to Italy had incredible views

Just in that case, tell them, while visiting Rome, they'd better always keep their eyes wide open...for the historical beauties...yes, but, most of all, because of the chaos which owns the "eternal" city !!!

Nice. My father is from the Molise region.

That makes me so envious :) I love roman history, my dream is to rent an apartment in Rome for a month and go visit over 80 different sites.

@@svenhaheim As I said in my previous comment, if you ever come to Rome...be prepared, 'cause "not all that glitters is gold" !.....always eyes wide open !.....come as if you'd be goin' to a war !

@@giuliogrifi7739 So almost like going back to the ancient times then :)

By Shakespeare

Antony* anthony is the singer

Yeah I think that's so cool. I'm a big Tony Robinson and time team fan and I love watching the shows where they find like a Roman villa in someone's backyard.

@@cyndicook7755 I know right!

@@poolhall9632 y'all are so lucky to be surrounded by all that history. I would just love it! I sometimes wish we'd have kept our asses there in Leicester and Berkshire.

@@cyndicook7755 yes! the Roman villa that became a dilapidated Anglo Saxon market, with a church built on the site. One of the countless armies in the countless wars knocked it over after the plague, and it’s been under the plow since. Love that episode

Britain doesn't have that many Roman ruins though. Most stuff was rebuilt on roman ruins in the middle ages and later.

If only HBO could have afforded to keep Rome going and launch GoT since Rome was an excellent show.

GAIUS! *roll* JULIUS! *roll* CAESAH!

One of the best series I’ve ever seen!

you will find out that watching Troy is a super experience. Some are true historical facts written in the Iliade....Really good movie. Please also notice how Paganism was the religion of all (for paganism i mean that there was a god for just you name it)

I absolutely loved being in the Forum. It really did feel like a crossroads for a great empire! Unfortunately the Colosseum was closed when I was in Italy. They were doing some work on shoring it up.

@@stevencass8849 Yeah, the last time I was there was nearly 30 years ago. There was work all over the place lol... same in Naples. Netting and structures covered half the buildings.

I lived my entire life in Rome and yet I never had the occasion to enter the Colosseum.

Same 💯

@@megatwingo Hey man chill, not all people have a bachlor in history. Having a good tone can go a long way.

​@@megatwingoThanks, I was thinking the same

@@megatwingo Okay okay You've made your point no need to make a novel

@@megatwingo I'm not trolling, just know that there are some people who aren't knowledgeable as you and me, when it comes to ancient history, even if it is just the basics. Sorry, if i angered you in any way, it was not my intention to come across as a troll.

@@oopus4 You don't need a bachlor in history to know these things. These are basic historical facts that you're normally told as a kid by your parents or grandparents.

Not only slaves. There where also free citizens who choose to be gladiators for example. Having to fight 2-4 times a year, having good food, medicine and beeing taken care of where good trade offs. Also, some enlisted to pay off debts. And most of the fights did not end with someone dying, only the munera where the events where at least one of the gladiators had to die. Today it's said that out of 10 fights, only 1-2 ended deadly (deaths threw injuries are included, these are more or less considered as "accidents).

Vegas702: I was just about to point this out. The only problem is, what happened to Rome was slowed down by travel and good and great leaders that spread out the damage the bad and horrible leaders did. But here and now, in the millennium, travel is cheap and the fear of America, it's difficulty in accepting immigrants, and it's foolish, poorly educated masses that vote in foolish, incompetent, greedy politicians has sped up the degradation of The Country. No one respects foolish, uneducated, unskilled, moraless people. This is because it's these types of people that bring about calamity for whichever nation they're born into. It makes them weak and deficient. No country or people respect a once powerful nation that self-destructs. All they'll do is take advantage of the weakness and harm the once powerful nation by ganging up on it to prevent it rising again. People will hate it, but that last part about the decline of Rome is a huge warning for America

Two different things. US was the only world superpower just during a short period of history, mostly because of the vacuum left by post-2WW european nations. Rome was a different beast, it lasted more than a thousand years and it involved 1/3 of the whole human population… US and Russia, pretending to be like Rome, sound just like jokes

Small correction: Constatine was not the one who converted the empire, that was Theodosius (around 70 years later)

@@Silvia_Arienti you are right. Constantine was the first Christian emperor.

Sorry meant to say he speaks Italian with an australian accent

That was a crazy series. I was told it was very controversial when it first aired

The series is a good intro to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I think they would enjoy watching it. I know I would enjoy seeing them react to it.

@LAHA: Yes it was because of the nudity ( which was not too bad, but was a big deal back in the 70’s) and some of the subject matter: incest; patricide (child killing a father) and just a lot of murder. Some really great acting though

@@marieoleary527 Don't forget the orgy scenes, as well as the "competition" scene. It was a BBC production, but it was still very racy for the time

@LA HA: oh yeah, I remember that…. Wasn’t the women involved Cladius’s wife? There was sooo much intrigue. I remember when Augustus found out about his daughter and him yelling out, “Is there anyone in Rome she hasn’t sleep with?” It was a sad cry of a father and a hysterical funny response to finding out about her antics. Brian Blessed was sooo good as Augustus, all the actors were. Just a great series overall. Fun to fan-love the show with you😊