The Roman roads spread germs and disease but also Christianity! In the first century C.E., Christianity could claim only small numbers of believers from the lower classes. By the fourth century, Christianity had attracted even emperors to its community. How did Christianity extend its appeal to political elites? How did Christianity change as a religious tradition between the first and the fourth centuries? This is big question but not so difficult to answer! Read it through a couple of times, then, put your response together.