Under the Roman government it appears as a municipal town, but not one of much importance.
But persecution mainly came upon the church from the Roman government.
He hoped this show of strength would create a revolt against the Roman government.
These elected officials acted as department heads of the Roman government.
This was the line usually followed by Roman governments.
Augustus improved Roman government, bringing law and order after years of civil war.
They told the Roman government that Jesus wanted to become the king of the country and take it over.
The internal tensions within the Roman government were less acute than they had been.
And as a professor, he wanted to be able to teach the truth, not just what the Roman government wanted people to know.
Roman government was thus limited, but efficient in its use of the resources available to it.