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Without Rome, Christianity would've spread even more easily across Europe. It isn't like Christianity only spread because Rome welcomed Christianity with open arms. Indeed, the "barbarians" that eventually defeated the Western Empire were in fact Christians already. The big difference would be that there wouldn't be any Roman Catholicism. Whether that is good or bad depends on your view.
You'd actually have to kill Jesus to get Christianity as it is today.....so....yeah
No Romans no New Testament.
Last edited by Lamp; 10-18-2017 at 05:44 PM.
Well the Punic wars were basically the greed of Rome for Sicily . The Carthagenian's had plenty of time ( decades ) to build and arm a professional standing army to use against the invading roman legions yet they did not . In the end , while invading the north of Italy ( an invasion they had no ability to reinforce ) they could not even protect the home territory . Complete military failure , more continual incompetence than roman victory . After 100 years of dumb , the 50k remaining citizens of Carthage were sold into slavery and it was burnt to the ground for three weeks . Carthage itself sat on neolithic village sites .
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So , they could never have won , constantly outdone by an enemy not overly bright but much fiercer .
I don't think so. Christianity spread in its first 300 years despite Rome, not because of it. Arianism was highly popular in two place, North Africa and the Germanic tribes. It would probably have remained so without Roman armies to actively suppress it. Other forms of Christianity spread through Europe and Asia. You would probably have ended up with something more akin to the Orthodox Church being the major denomination of Christianity.
There could be 10,000 bishops spewing 10,000 versions of Christianity; so similar to America, but richly pagan. Icthys would be another cult among thousands absorbed into local legend.
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That is an excellent point. Carthaginian trade would have built easily followed routes into the heart of all of North Africa and Europe as easily as Rome, if not more so. Not being associated with an imperial power might have contributed to the willingness of people to listen.
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Syncretism's the norm for religions, especially when missionaries run up against language barriers. Historically its been easier to get your point across by borrowing approximates from other religions or customs of the natives. You get wacky, but very practical, religions that way... (Roman Catholicism, anyone?) Buddhists only took an interest in questions of the "afterlife," when they saw Nestorian Christians were getting favors for praying for dead Emperors. :P
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