User blog comment:LurkerLordB/Religion in a world without Christianity/@comment-1630894-20120425221439/@comment-4612798-20120426155144

I suppose its down to how deep the cult of Sol was throughout Roman society. If it was a Emperor led religion then maybe the downtrodden masses might not go in for it so much? Or vica versa? But then give it another x number of years...

I guess it might be quite interesting to see what would have happened if you could maybe end up with 4 old-style Jupiter promoting popes and 1 Sol worshipping one (like in OTL christianity where we had 5 popes: 1 catholic and 4 orthodox).

I guess what has really driven conflict is the actual codification of the legend and teachings of a religion. I wonder if a simple Roman scribe could pen a definitive version of Greek/Roman myth for instance - which would inevitably end in schisms, heresies, crusades, you name it. Europe's not Europe without dumb war in the name of an imaginary being!