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[Agamemnus]

One of the first things Constantine did as a ruler was take steps to severly limit the rights of Jewish citizens. They were given the right to become Roman citizens in 212AD, but I don't know the details of it. Before there was plenty of persecution, partly the cause of those uprisings.

313: Edict of Milan. Jews had as much right to being or not being citizens as everyone else in the Empire.

Jews were legally entitled to follow their national religion because they were an ancient people and had been allies of Rome since the 2nd century B.C. Pagan Roman tolerance of Jews (INCLUDING Christians) persisted into the 1st century, despite growing nationalism on the part of the Jews, and hostility between Jews and Christians.

[toonski84]

Actually, the Edict of Milan only granted religious tolerance towards Christians. That is the document that stripped nearly all the rights of Jews in Roman Empire, and forbade them from living in Jerusalem or circumcising their young.

There were certainly times when Jews were left to themselves, probably into the 1st century. Rome was fairly tolerant of religions, and there were many cults that were very popular. But in the great seven year uprising in 66AD over a million Jews were killed and 100,000 were put into slavery. It's recorded history. When the rebellion was finally put down, many of the rights of Jews were taken away.

[RST]

"For the Jews, the world is divided into two parts: the places where they can't live, and the places they're not allowed to."

Forgot who said that.