Roman Catholic
A blend of the old greek and roman governments.
Roman Catholic
Both empires shared similar laws and traditions.
The ancient Roman government elected two consuls every year. They elected two people to serve in the lead position as a separation of power.
Roman government: Political Position - Pragmatism Cultural Position - Polytheism
Tolerant
It allowed people to follow many different religions
It allowed people to follow many different religions. apex
Their form of government has influenced the democratic governments of today.
It had state gods but allowed other religions.
The Romans were actually pretty open minded and tolerant towards other religions, but only if they did not cause any problems, probably such as trying to convert others, protesting, causing riots, etc.
it allowed people to follow many different religions.
The Romans spread two different religions: pagan religion and Catholicism. In the early days of the Roman empire, they spread pagan Roman religion that is usually referred today as Roman Mythology. In 312 AD, Emperor Constantine converted to Catholicism, and made it the state religion in 313. After that point Catholicism was spread by the sword across the Roman Empire. This practice continued until the fall of the Roman Empire, and was picked up by most of the kingdoms that rose out of that collapse. The general way of spreading religion within the Roman Empire, and even more so by the governments that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, was if you did not convert to Catholicism, you died.
Most of Latin America was settled by the Spanish. In most of Europe, Roman Catholicism is the main religion. Therefore, this religion was forced onto the original inhabitants of Latin America when the Spanish came and conquered.
it allowed people to follow many different religions.
The dominant religion in the Roman Empire was the Roman religion until Christianity became the dominant religion.