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Originally Posted by son of Roderic
The people who force others into their ways by any means necessary are the bad people.  |
So I take it you will also condemn these activities of the pagans?
"But there was another side to Roman tolerance. The ordinary activities of the Roman authorities both in Italy and in the provinces implied continuous attention to the approval of the gods and continuous participation of the gods in the public life of the Romans….The tolerant could turn intolerant with little warning. In the second century A.D., we are told by Ulpian, there were laws condemning to death those who consulted astrologers about the health, that is, expectation of life, of the emperors(
Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum 15.2.2). As Juvenal observed(6. 560), no mathematicians can claim true inspiration without being condemned. The Roman authorities either centrally or peripherally could take steps which, to say the least, were unexpected."
-- Arnaldo Momigliano
On Pagans, Jews, and Christians pg.123-4