The Plague and the Rise of Christianity During the Late-mid-Ancient Roman Empire
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Abstract
In Ancient Rome, plague broke out frequently, which made roman society turbulent, and social beliefs went into crisis. The traditional religions could not respond to the changing situations, while Christianity took advantage of it and defeated traditional religion whether in spiritual and practical realms, and then was regarded as state religion. In a sense, if plague hadn’t broken out frequently, Christianity would lose the opportunity to rise.
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