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Telemere125 t1_j2frfxy wrote

Reply to comment by Inside_Beginning75 in Our timeline is categorized in before and after Christ, but Christ's birthday isn't the day the year changes. by Apo51209

No Roman converted their holiday for the convenience and pleasure of a Christian. Romans hunted Christians pretty extensively from Nero’s rule in 64 CE until 313 CE when Constantine the Great declared toleration. However, you’re other point “for the convenience of the growing population of Roman Christians” is exactly what co-opting the ceremony for Christian purposes means, as I originally said.

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