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Every people was allowed to use their own gods.
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Jews, for example, since the time of Julius
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Caesar, who befriended the Jews because
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they helped him out politically a lot,
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he gave them certain privileges.
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Jews didn't have to--they could observe the Sabbath,
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they didn't have to do things on the Sabbath that they didn't want to.
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They didn't have to serve in the army.
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They got to observe their own religions.
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They weren't expected to sacrifice, either to the emperor
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or to other gods.
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So the Romans, basically, were very tolerant.