https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib Romans wisdom en-us 2020-05-08 16:43:55 UTC 2025-09-24 12:51:51 UTC hello@padlet.com saimamusharafsoan https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib/wish/566903590 Rome won its empire by force. But to control such a vast empire, it needed to win the cooperation of its subject peoples. It did this in various ways. Instead of punishing conquered nations, Rome often treated them as allies, encouraging them to take part in the glory and wealth of building the empire. ]]> 2020-05-12 08:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib/wish/566903590 saimamusharafsoan https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib/wish/576663104 In 63 B.C., the Romans conquered Judea, the land of the Jews. The Jews refused to pay homage to Roman gods. Rome gave in and exempted Jews from this requirement. Rome did this in part because the Jews had helped Roman general Julius Caesar win an important battle several years earlier. ]]> 2020-05-16 12:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib/wish/576663104 saimamusharafsoan https://padlet.com/saimamusharafsoan/nmmizqpm39nuwgib/wish/576698775 Romans built temples and made animal sacrifices for the conquered peoples' gods. In fact, at various times other peoples' gods became wildly popular among Romans. The Romans actually identified the Greek gods with their own. Jupiter and Zeus, for example, were viewed as the same god.

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