christianity/religion in rome
Religion in Rome was in no way dominated by only one religion. Throughout time Rome has had many uprisings in different religions among its people. Long before Christianity had really established its foothold in the Roman society, there were many other small religions. These “mystery-religions” all had an influence on people, but none of them were all that widespread and did not ever attain the lasting appeal that Christianity did with the people of Rome. The mystery religions were usually not originated in Rome, many that came Romeward came from Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, and Persia. As there were few native Roman mysteries these mystery-religions did not evolve from any other kind of Roman religion. They were thought to represent the yielding of the old Roman spirit to older Oriental thought and practice. The mystery religions had a cult-like following in Rome. Some of the rituals and festivals of these religions, such as the festival of the Megalenisia, were found to be menaces to morality. The rituals were very un-roman and were very di
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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