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Are Romans Jewish

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I don't think Romans were Jewish. There were Jews living in the Roman Empire after Jeruserlum was conquered, but they weren't Roman citizens. Or if they were, they weren't born them.

this is false.

At its height, about 10% of the inhabitants of the Roman empire were Jewish. To cite one famous example, Paul was both Jewish and a Roman citizen. When he was arrested, he demanded to be judged in Rome, as was his right as a Roman citizen.

In addition, many Romans selectively followed Jewish moral principles but did not choose to officially convert (circumcision was probably a strong disincentive in an age before anethesia!).

The desire of Christian missionaries to convert Romans to their faith required making Judaism - which to the Romans seemed very similar - less attractive and led what had originally been a Jewish sect to end up producing violently anti-Jewish diatribes - an early example of "negative advertising"?. Christianity also competed with Judaism by eliminating the need for the convert to be circumcized or follow dietary restrictions. But its final victory over both paganism and Judaism was imposed by force after Christianity was made the state religion.

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