RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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The Roman Empire was indifferent toward Christians.
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The Roman Empire was tolerant of Christians.
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The Roman Empire persecuted Christians.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although the followers of Jesus were working hard to spread the message, there were still very few Christians in Rome. They were regarded with suspicion. Some important Christian rituals were mistaken as cannibalism, others as incest. Christians became an easy target.
Detailed explanation-2: -Suspicious of the loyalty of Christians to the Roman state, Diocletian started persecuting them. He demanded that all Christian soldiers resign from the Roman army. He forbade gatherings for Christian worship and ordered the destruction of churches and sacred writings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: As the first Roman emperor to claim conversion to Christianity, Constantine played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which decreed tolerance for Christianity in the empire.