Which, BTW, had risen to greatness under pagan rule, only to be destroyed under Christian rule. Other religions had great societies going while Christianity's forbears, the Jews, were still wandering around in the desert.
The first Roman emperor who professed Christianity was Constantine, in 312 A.D.. By that point, Rome was a mere shadow of its former self. And Constantine, though convinced of Christianity's sincerity and despite his own personal conversion, had to comply with pagan traditions lest he earn the ire of the Roman citizenry and risk death, assassination, or banishment.
But intolerance is strictly a Christian vice.
Other religions had great societies going while Christianity's forbears, the Jews, were still wandering around in the desert.
And 3,500 years later, the Jews' religion survives. Despite Rameses. Despite the Diaspora. Despite the Holocaust. Despite Arafat and Khadafi and Abbas and Khomeini and all the rest. How many Baal-worshippers ya see around?
On second thought, given the precincts you gents obviously frequent, perhaps that's not a safe question ...