[Antoninus]

Yes, the Romans could not care less if someone worshiped Christ (Or Mithras, or ISIS), but you had to also worship their gods.

Exactly. And part of worshiping the Roman gods was worshiping the deified emperors, dead and living, which made the Roman religion a state cult. Not worshiping the emperor was seen by many Romans to be the equivalent of treason.

[sparklite2]

. And part of worshiping the Roman gods was worshiping the deified emperors,

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Was the emperor still worshiped after
he stepped down, like Obama?

[RedStateRocker]

So, in reality, very few people were executed for being Christians, which is not the way they told it in Catholic school growing up :-)