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xoverthirtyx t1_j1oqlch wrote

Reply to comment by Jaded_Prompt_15 in TIL about Saturnalia - a Roman Holiday held between 17 - 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere. by TurboBennett

I mean, the Romans (Constantine) did deal with the uptick in Christian’s by basically absorbing it. And everywhere it spread in Europe the same thing happened with the indigenous population hence all the correlations with pagan rituals.

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Ground2ChairMissile t1_j1orp3u wrote

That's how the Romans had been dealing with every religion they encountered for hundreds of years. "Oh your god? No, that's just one of our gods, with a different hat on."

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BlessedBySaintLauren t1_j1q5xtn wrote

It’s not necessarily the same with Christianity as other pagan religions that existed during the Roman Empire, since the religion is purely monotheistic, it wasn’t able to be incorporated into roman religion like cultures or religions that came before.

Constantine didn’t deal with the uptick of Christianity by absorbing it, he himself converted and was arguably responsible for allowing it to grow and later becoming the dominant religion

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