Roman Religion Spread

The society of the ancient Romans has often been considered the bases for our modern society. Roman society is often associated with great feasts and over-spending among the rich. The social structure of ancient roman was based on wealth, heredity, property, citizenship and freedom. It was also based around men; women were defined by the social status of their fathers or husbands. The rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire was a very big step in the Roman Empire. It was also very successful in spreading throughout the Roman Empire. It was hard to spread the religion throughout the empire. Throughout much of the time that Rome existed, the Empire allowed the Germanic tribes to live peacefully within its territories. For many years the two …show more content…
The poor people were called the masses because they made up most of the empire's population. The religion appealed more to the poor people because they did not have to be rich to follow the religion; it brought them together and shared what they had. The Roman Empire didn’t like that because the religion was giving the more power then they did. “It encouraged women and slave to hold office.” (Pg.187 Cole, Symes). Christianity was available to all the Roman. Over time the teachings Jesus, the vision received by Peter, and especially, through the experience and effort of Paul, Christianity was opened up to all the …show more content…
All of the problems could have easily been prevented with the right leadership and common sense. Unqualified rulers caused political problems. The invasions were due to the mistreatment of the new settlers; this mistreatment was due to the Roman mentality to conquer all. Politics and poor management of lack of funds to maintain them had a significant effect on the economy. Christianity was outlawed to keep all of the Roman citizens under complete control. With the right leadership all of the disastrous decisions could have been prevented and the reign of Rome could have been prolonged long after its