[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

It seems that the folks in northern and western Europe, after a few decades being brought into submission thought that the Roman Way of Living was the best thing since sliced bread. Even people not under Roman rule adopted it as far as they could. The eastern part of the Empire, formerly part of the Hellenistic world, was not so fond of Roman culture but admired their abilities in construction and in stable pubic administration (except for the Jews, of course).

[SunkenCiv]

stable pubic administration

What kind??? ;')

(except for the Jews, of course)

Yeah, one might say the Romans mishandled that situation. /understatement

There were so many Jews still living under Parthian rule in Babylon and points east, and so many commercial connections among them (and to points east), it clearly would have made a bunch of sense for the Romans to work *with* the Jews (who, at their peak, comprised up to 15 per cent of the entire population of the Empire) to take a "peace through commerce" approach to entice the Parthians into peaceful coexistence. The Hellenistic influence throughout the old Persian imperial territory would also have been a benefit.