How Did The Romans Cause Disruptions

The Romans came into conflict with both the Christians and the Jews and caused disruptions within the Empire. Although initially the Romans paid no attention to either religion, these religions were beginning to voice their opinions, and as a result, people within the Empire started to notice and listen to their preaching’s. According to Suetonius the Jews caused many disturbances, while Dio Cassius said they came to the Empire in great numbers and were starting to convert many of the Roman people. Whereas, the Christians according to Celsus and Porphyry, expressed their distrust and suspicion about the Christians so called saviour Jesus Christ, and considered him a Charlatan. As far as the ancient roman writers were concerned, they believed that both of these Religions eroded away the Roman culture and peace within the Empire. Clearly it was the case as these religions, were indeed gathering many followers, and as result the Emperors were getting nervous about these religions and it did not help matters when ancient writers started spreading stories about what they believed these two religions were up to.
Once they were noticed by the Emperors, then steps were taken to ensure that these troublemakers were …show more content…
The Jews had three revolts against the Empire which resulted in them becoming exempt from making sacrifices. An edict was passed that required all people in the Empire to make sacrifices to the Pagan Gods, however, the Jews where exempt from having to make them, whereas, the Christians were not and they were persecuted for failing to comply with these