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- Diapason45Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
No. In AD79, at the time of the destruction of Pompeii, Christians were regarded in the Roman Empire as criminals, dissidents and potential terrorists. They spread a message that undermined the authority of the Roman priesthood, the multi-deist religion and the god-stature of the Emperor.
Christian churches were proscribed and they met secretly in caves, private homes and tunnels such as the catacombs.
The only mention of Christianity you would expect in Roman writing or buildings would have been about their executions and their "crimes."
It was only after Christianity became a state-religion in the Edict of Milan in AD313 do we find regular and accurate accounts of the activities of Christians.
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Source(s): Ramsay MacMullen, "Christianizing The Roman Empire A.D. 100-400" Yale University Press, (1984) - Tim DLv 710 years ago
A christian inscription was found there in 1862. Its precise meaning may not be known but it's evidence.