Almost everything about catholic faith revolves around events that (allegedly) happened in the Middle East. Most of the holiest sites seem to be there in relation to the bible’s depiction of events. So wouldn’t it make sense that the pope/vatican would place its power center as near as possible from the holiest sites? How did it come to be Rome? Was this a decision based on the current political climate at the time or was there a reason based on faith/rethoric of the church?
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More or less for the same reason of my friend, that was born in Rome and now lives in London: more peolple, more wealth, more power, more opportunities.
The mediterrean sea was the major commercial route at the time, and rome lies straight up in the middle of it… Very good if you want to be friends with everyone from england to egypt.
Plus many other contrubuting factors.
You can’t rule out that ancuent romans were not very religions, it was probably easyer to convert them than jews, that notoriusly have a very strong religious identity (plus there were many more of them).
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