Rome had rulers that wanted to expand its territory and at the empire's peak it took up a majority of the European continent, a bit of western Asia, and some parts of northern Africa. The growing empire as it expanded its already vast territory connected roads together so that people could travel from and to Rome in an easy manner. People from different countries and empire flooded into Rome after the news went around about its great conditions, many of these people were poor who had come to Rome hoping to find work and money. Christians worked a lot with the poor and with an increase of them their jobs grew and connections were made slowly expanding the Christian community. …show more content…
The wars and plagues cost the Romans a lot, especially in lives. People died day after day and soon they were searching for a hope that the wars would end and that the tragedies that they had to endure would end. Christians believed in an afterlife of eternal happiness with their Heavenly Master. As they went around teaching others--mostly those that believed in a different religion or were pagans-- of their ways, people started to convert knowing that they had a hope to look forward to as the wars raged on and the plagues