RE: Hanging up on Hell
July 18, 2015 at 7:14 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 7:17 pm by Athene.)
(July 18, 2015 at 6:21 pm)Iroscato Wrote:(July 18, 2015 at 6:14 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: You made some good points but why did the Romans use a silly Jewish fairy tale as their vehicle instead of some Roman fairy tale?
At the time, the empire was so massive that it had required more than one emperor. A significant portion of the Roman army was Christian. Whoever had the allegiance of the army stood to control everything.