Nat, the Romans didn't seem to have any problems with Jesus until the Jewish authorities arrested him and asked that he should be executed for blasphemy. In fact, the Romans were remarkably tolerant when it came to religious variety.
Quite clearly your history teacher had a very different view of such things to mine!
And mine! 
Sorry to hear that; I was simply reflecting the bulk of historical material I've read and heard reported over the last 30+ years.
And me over the last 55+ years!
I am truly sorry, Hope, but I have read your posts for a while now and there appears to be nothing that you haven't read about, been taught about, heard about, learnt about in you your travels just about everywhere and your interaction with just about every religion known to man or beast, and to try to talk to you is just about impossible as you seem to know just about everything about everything!
I leave you to your towering knowledge of everything.
Good grief: I could have written that self-same post about you - scientist, philosopher, theologian, general oracle on all matters!
And I about you also except that you come up as a one-trick-pony blinkered to see only what the Book of Chinese whispers tells him.
What I find so irritating is the inability of some to see that they are not always totally right - I am totally right on, possibly, one item in five or even ten, if I'm lucky.
I was, as I remember, totally wrong in my acceptance of my father's professed religion. Managed to put that one right though, even if it did take me about 40 years to do so.
