Religion and the Roman Empire

The Roman Empire is believed to have many things because of its ability to share, disseminate and adapt to culture. Rome succeeded because he conquered the consequences of conquest and shared it with people who conquered them. Religion is part of culture and shows the generosity of the Romans. For example, at the birth of Jesus, paganism can be divided into three areas. Official national religion, rural fireplace and traditional cult, and new mysterious religion from the east.

Paganism is often used to refer to the majority of unrelated religions that existed in the Middle Ages of the ancient Roman period such as the worship of the Roman Empire, various mysterious religions, Neo Platonism and Gnosticism. In addition to doctrine, more localized ethnic religion practiced domestically and abroad. In the Middle Ages this term also applies to religions other than the previous Roman Empire, such as Germanic, Slavic, Baltic and others.

By the 4th century AD Christianity was the only public religion of the Roman Empire. Konstantin was the first Roman Emperor to claim to convert Christianity as an official religion of the Empire. All the paganism was abandoned and all previous statues and monuments were deleted. All religions are forbidden to be practiced in the empire. However, for so many believers and many years of practice, infidels, including misleading, are more difficult to get rid of. These beliefs are prohibited, but they are practices and rituals to commemorate pagan gods and gods. Missra and other religions remained secret during all empire rule. Since believers do not allow to lose faith, the Romans can not rule out the beliefs of pagan believers. Many festivals and ceremonies are Christianized and become Christian festivals and events