During that time the Roman republic was ruling over almost the whole Mediterranean. As a liberal Empire it was tolerant towards the two great religions it was reigning over-Hellenism and Judaism. It's own state religion was ancient and tribal in origin from city-cults and it was considered a social tool. But people had the freedom of choosing a second religion if they wanted, everybody had his or her own home-gods and goddesses. The influence of the Greeks went further than usage of their language in Rome, The Greek culture as a whole and especially Phil

osophy had a direct impact on creating the age of personal religion in which people turned to the search of the one-to-one religious experience with one God. This was presumably because of the appearance of Gnostic cults in the Hellenic world that based its beliefs on monotheism. But Rome at the same time accepted under its wings the Jews, which had a God for over two thousand years. Their God was closely connected to the destiny of the nation and Territorially

Identified with the land of the Jews and the temple of Jerusalem. The Jewish people were monotheistic in all aspects: believed in One God, had one Temple and believed in one nation under God. They were excepted as such in the Roman Empire, the Diaspora Jews in the time of Christ were even highly respected amongst the Romans and slowly succeeded in converting them to Judeism.But there were many

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