Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
The romans didn't need a legal reason to kill jesus. They weren't a very democratic and benevolent group.
Actually, they did need a legal reason, because they were generally pretty good about abiding by their own laws and policies. That's how they remained such a powerful, far-flung empire for so long. Admittedly, they weren't the kindest of taskmasters, but they kept order well. In this case, their policy was to default to the laws and leaders of the governed areas in order to keep peace. The Jewish leaders insisted, so the Romans carried out their policy. But it's unlikely the Romans would have killed Him just for the hell of it.
The Romans were vicious oppressors of the jews. They cared nothing about jewish opinion.
They remained a powerful empire by vicously dealing with any resistance.
Good grief, yeah right default to the laws of the jews. How utterly rediculous.
You REALLY need some history instruction. The Romans were not the vicious, lawless tyrants you're dying to believe they were. And it's well-known that the Romans DID, in fact, allow their conquered territories to continue their own laws and ways of life, by and large, with just the addition of certain Roman laws, like the ever-important taxes. It's a lot easier to prevent uprisings from occurring than to "viciously deal with" them when they happen. Duhhh.
Roman Expansion 400 BC - 500 AD
Although the upper classes of the conquered areas usually adjusted to the Roman way of life, conquered people were generally allowed to continue living as they had before the Romans came to power. As a result, a mixture of Roman and native culture existed in many regions.
Cripes. The Roman Empire is famous in history for both the order of its rule and for the legal traditions it handed down to all the governments that came after it, and you want to tell us that they were bunch of lawless, rampaging barbarians who just did whatever the hell they pleased, willy nilly. Yeah, that's really the way one achieves an empire that lasts centuries.