Let's put it this way: the Roman law of Patrias Potestas permitted a householder to kill his slaves. Romans permitted infanticide. Sexual relations between males, which Judaism forbids, was widely practiced by the Romans. The Roman festivals of Bacchus (bacchanalia) got so out of hand that their Emperors banned the festivals from city limits. They were idolaters. All of this was completely different from the Jewish lifestyle and traditions. Add to that the fact that the Romans ruled over Judea for several centuries, destroyed the Jewish Temple, slaughtered all the residents of Beitar (Talmud, Gittin 57a) and squeezed the lifeblood of the people through crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).
(In other Words, they weren't the best of friends...)
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