Every people was allowed to use their own gods.

每个民族都可以信仰他们自己的神
Jews, for example, since the time of Julius

譬如犹太人
Caesar, who befriended the Jews because

凯撒对待犹太人非常友好
they helped him out politically a lot,

因为犹太人曾在政治上给予他诸多帮助
he gave them certain privileges.

他给了犹太人某些特权
Jews didn't have to--they could observe the Sabbath,

犹太人不用他们可以奉守安息日
they didn't have to do things on the Sabbath that they didn't want to.

在安息日不用做他们不想做的事情
They didn't have to serve in the army.

他们不用服役
They got to observe their own religions.

可以信仰自己的宗教
They weren't expected to sacrifice, either to the emperor

不用向皇帝和其他神明
or to other gods.

献祭
So the Romans, basically, were very tolerant.

所以说罗马人是比较包容的