According to Roman law, religions were considered illegal outside their country of origin, though this was not enforced unless there was overt social misbehavior associated with the practice of a religion. The only exception to this law was Judaism, the practice of which was allowed throughout the Empire. Christians were probably considered a sect of Judaism until 70 A.D., though they likely would not have been completely disassociated from Judaism in the minds of pagans in the years following 70. After that date Judaism made formal attempts to dissociate itself from Christianity, at least partly because Christians claimed that Jerusalem’s destruction was punishment for the Jews’ crucifixion of Jesus. Furthermore, Christianity was winning a significant portion of Gentile “godfearers” to its ranks, who formerly had associated themselves with synagogue worship. This likely increased Jewish animosity toward the church. The antipathy would have been heightened, since Jews would have viewed Christianity as offering the godfearers a cut-rate Judaism whereby salvation could come without the obligation of keeping the Law. The book of Revelation