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because it's much quicker, but at least he could travel on
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the roads that the Romans built and maintained.
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As far as religion--Ehrman talks about this in your
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textbook, so I won't go into a lot of
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detail-- but the common Hollywood idea
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that the Romans were kind of oppressive of other religions,
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or the Christians, is just that,
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a Hollywood idea.
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The Romans actually were very tolerant of local religions.
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They didn't care what gods you worshipped.
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The Romans actually were very pious in the sense that they
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believed that whatever land they were in,