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What did the Romans ever do for Christianity?
- pmdulaney 3mo agoIf it weren't for a small group of Romans the Church would not have its greatest theological document, Paul's letter to the Romans.
- elmer2 3mo agoThe persecution started the entire basis for the religion. It may not have spread as far without it.
- _wire_ 3mo agoMonty Python's Life of Brian: — Reg: Romans have bled us white, the bastards! They've taken everything we ever had! And not just from us, but from our fathers, and from our father's fathers! Stan: And from our father's father's fathers. Reg: And what have they ever given us in return?! Revolutionary #1: ...The aquaduct? Reg: What? Revolutionary #1: The aquaduct. Reg: Oh. Yeah, yeah they did give us that. That's true, yeah. Revolutionary #2: And, uh, sanitation. Stan: Oh yeah, the sanitation, Reg. Remember what the city USED to be like. Reg: Alright, I'll grant you the aquaduct and the sanitation. The two things the Romans HAVE done. Matthias: And the roads! Reg: Yeah, well obviously the roads! I mean, the roads go without saying, don't they? But APART from sanitation, the aquaducts and the roads... Revolutionary #3: Irrigation? Revolutionary #1: Medicine. Revolutionary #5: Education? Reg: Yeah, alright, fair enough... Revolutionary #5: And the wine! Francis: Yeah! Yeah, that's something we'd really miss, Reg, if the Romans left. Revolutionary #6: Public baths. Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now, Reg. Francis: Yeah, they certainly know how to keep order. Let's face it -- they're the only ones who COULD in a place like this. Reg: Alright, but APART from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health... what have the Romans ever done for us? Revolutionary #1: ...Brought peace?