Church_and_State_in_Rome

Church and State in Rome As most of the civilizations studied so far in Western Civilization – the Romans were a religious people. From the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of its institutions, there was always a backdrop of religious involvement in the affairs of the state and people. Polytheism seems to reign throughout the majority of the Empire. Although the book states very little about the religious affairs of the people, one can conclude that this society was totally influenced by their beliefs that the gods had a hand in all the affairs of the State and of the people. When looking at how long the Roman Empire lasted one has to ask how. How did the Romans rise to become such a great empire' How did the Empire last' Was it luck' Was it that the whole region of the Mediterranean was weak and susceptible to being overtaken' The answer to these questions after studying the religion of the Roman Empire is most definitely not. The Romans believed that the “Gods” were with them. How could they loose a battle or not gain the upper hand on in a gods, empire, state, people, augurs, romans, great, battle, roman, religious, one, about, god, approved, affairs, territory, rome, obviously, made, just, general, first, family, believed, beliefs, worshipped, tent, success, signs, set, seems, say, rise, read, prayer, power, please, over, little, last, land, interesting, imagine, history, hand, field, families, faith, dung, correctly