People group
Romans
people group
Citizens and officials of the Roman Empire that ruled Judea during the New Testament era and shaped the spread of the early church.
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Citizens and officials of the Roman Empire that ruled during the New Testament era. They appear chiefly in Acts, where invokes his Roman citizenship to claim legal protection, and in the Gospel of John, where Jewish leaders fear Roman intervention against . Their customs, laws, and military presence form the political backdrop to the Gospels and the spread of the early church.
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