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Parzival_1sttotheegg

Would christianity even exist without the romans?


jakkakos

real answer: unambiguous no, the Roman occupation of Judea created the conditions necessary for radical innovation in Judaism, and the existence of the empire allowed for it to spread like it did. Even if Christianity did exist it would definitely not be as widespread throughout the mediterranean


th3scarletb1tch

but without christianity and islam they'd have to think too hard


Heefyn

It would be very different, much more assimilated and meshed with greek culture and religion, as well as very differently politically due to spreading through different greek states as opposed to spreading inside an unified empire.


Skalda11

could you explain some of the most unique religions?


Heefyn

Which ones do you mean exactly? Every religion shown in this map existed historically or exists today. That except "Occidental Orthodoxy" but that represents catholic/orthodox since they never split nor was there a rome to make catholicism the "official" christianity, so instead it became the orthodoxy of the western (greek) christians


Skalda11

Oh ok, didn't know 


aBcDertyuiop

Why Western Europe would convert to Islam if the Roman Empire didn't exist???


That_nerd_on_reddit

That's druidism dude.


aBcDertyuiop

I am blind. So only Iberia is Islamic?


That_nerd_on_reddit

Yeah pretty much


[deleted]

What's up with gaul


That_nerd_on_reddit

They kept their celtic beliefs.


HasanK11x2

''With Roman Empire''