Early in its history, christianity was severely persecuted by this empire. persian roman greek egyptian

Explanation:

Christianity had  an uneasy beginning in Rome. Christians were killed and arrested for following Christianity. When Jesus Christ began preaching the Romans believed that he wanted to rebel against Rome. After its beginning  it quickly gained popularity in Rome. Romans had their own gods and were afraid of them.

Christians believed all people to be equal, the poorer people and slaved wanted equality. Practising Christianity was illegal in Rome because the Romans everyone worshipped and offered sacrifices to their Roman gods. the Romans believed that if Christians worshipping another god then the Roman gods would get angry and punish them. So, Christians were arrested, tortured and killed for their beliefs .

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

explanation:

the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

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