This was the first day we had a "student excursion" day. So Katie, Jacob, Kristen and I decided that we were going to go to the Etruscan museum. We left around 11 in the morning for the museum. We were originally going to take a bus there, but we were not exactly sure which line to take, so we ended up going to the metro and taking it one stop to Piazza di Poppolo. We got off the metro, but we still had a little ways to walk before we got there. After about ten or fifteen minutes of walking, we got to the museum to find that it was closed. Katie had picked up a magazine at St. John's that included a list of sights to see while in Rome. As we were looking at this, we realized that many things were closed on Mondays. After five to ten minutes of trying to figure out what to do, we decided that we should go to the Jewish museum, which was in Trestevere. So, we took a bus (19) back to Loponto, where St. John's is, and then we caught another bus (280) to take us into Trestevere right by the museum.
The Jewish museum of Rome has about 800 textiles, and some are in the museum and some are actually still
being used in Synagogues today. Christianization of the Roman Empire began in 312 with the Emperor Constantine
and reached its peak in the West in the end of 476. In Rome, Power gradually passed into the hands of the local
bishop, the Pope and the city remained under papal rule until 1870. Administration against the Roman Jews began
in that period. At times however, they had illustrious protectors, such as Gregory the Great (590-604). The pope
declared that Jews were not to be disturbed because they were to be converted with persuasion and not with force.
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