Martyred for their Christian conversion.
Witnesses that the power of an idea can terrify the earthly rulers - that a heavenly allegiance can trump an earthly one.
You can talk about their civilisation all you like. And I know they gave us roads, law and order and vineyards. But when you think about it that just means we also got lawyers, road rage and headaches. They were a shoddy lot, the Romans.
Yeah, bloody Romans, what did they ever do for us! ;) (I believe this is the traditional response to any post talking about Romans?)
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