Today

• Western Wall: holiest of all Jewish shrines
• half a million Jews died when they tried to rebel against the Roman Empire
• Romans had many gods, emperors were often viewed as gods
• after the rebellion of the Jews(lost) the Roman army burned down their shrines
• Romans were harsh against people who didn't worship their gods or their emperor, especially Christians who were viewed as a cult because they were a new upcoming religion
• Christians were thrown into the Colosseum with wild, angry and starving animals as "entertainment"
• by AD 200 10% of the Roman population were Christians, even though they were treated harshly the Christian religion grew quickly
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