Making Connections

1. What were the similarities and differences between the crisis in the first century B.C.E. that undermined the Roman Republic and the crisis in the third century C.E. that undermined the principate?

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   What were the similarities and differences between the crisis in the first century B.C.E. that undermined the Roman Republic and the crisis in the third century C.E. that undermined the principate?
2. If you had been a first-century Roman emperor under the principate, what would you have done about the Christians and why? What if you had been a third-century emperor?

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   If you had been a first-century Roman emperor under the principate, what would you have done about the Christians and why? What if you had been a third-century emperor?
3. Do you think that the factors that caused the crisis in the Roman Empire could cause a similar crisis in the Western world of today?

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   Do you think that the factors that caused the crisis in the Roman Empire could cause a similar crisis in the Western world of today?