Roman Empire Tolerance

In the text, the main idea is to be depicted that Rome’s different levels of tolerance had play a crucial role in not only benefiting the empire, but damaging it as well. Consequently, the level of tolerance was a double–edged sword for the empire.
In the passage it had stated “In adopting this tolerant outlook, Rome learned from the history of ancient Greece, where bigotry and ethnic division often cause resentment that led to war.” This piece of evidence concentrates that despite Rome’s not wanting the allowing of the local governments to continue their current rule, they had enough patience to allow them to endure their structure from of government to ensure that it would not create dispute and complications within the province of the empire. Despite Rome appearing to be very tolerant they still had enforced strict guidelines and treaties that the province must follow. In addition, certain cites that had retaliated and fought back, Rome had no tolerance in which

they would slaughter and destroy the city. Another way that Rome looked on different cities and provinces was that “you're either with us or against us type” (in which they had no form of tolerance for those that were not with them).
Despite Rome seeming tolerant for culture (for the most part they were) they were very intolerant for religions in which the thought were odd, (this was the major cause for the deterioration for the Roman Empire).

As stated in the text, “Rome was tolerant in the sense that any group willing to adopt Roman customs, manners, and ethos could be fully incorporated into the empire, regardless of ethnic origins. But the Romans had no interest in preserving, respecting, or honoring the practices they found barbaric.” The previous phrase emphasizes despite Roman culture being known for being influence by the Greeks, Rome were very strict in which they perceived everything must be their way. This lifestyle had led emperors to build hatred toward foreign religions in which they greatly despise Jews customs and Christian customs. However, due to some population of the people wanting to oppose these ideas of be ignorant, the Roman empires had were greatly against it in which had caused disputes within the

empire.
Finally, due to the vast difference in political and religious beliefs all throughout the population, chaos occurred when Rome had directed laws to their population by restricting them from their cultural beliefs. This was when Rome had finally lost all of its tolerance. Greatly focused in the text, “In the late fourth century, Rome for the first time adopted polices of apartheid against one of its subject peoples barring intermarriage, forbidding Romans form wearing trousers and other barbarian clothing (as opposed to togas or tunics), and condemning the barbarians’ form of Christianity as heretical.” This had not only the forging Germanic groups that had lived in the empires begun to rebel, but all sorts of people that were Roman “citizens” had also rebel due to the public’s intolerance of their monarchy.
And with all of this in mind ultimately there is once conclusion that can be drawn from this and that is tolerance in Rome (both for the government and people) had shaped how successful and disastrous the Roman empire was.