The “ Source” Rome sat on her hills or-mountains( mountains being Hebrew slang for Government) she became higher up than all others and dictated and controlled all the waters(peoples, faiths etc etc) as you pointed out she did this by using religious( through her re -LEGIONS first with her army and then with her followers) and then through political means this culminated in the killing of all who opposed her the Jews being always in the forefront of her wrath…Even today there is no real apology no RETURN of the temple artifacts no OLAM Haba or repairing of the world just more statis quo out of Rome…I'm more getting at the source to learn what it is and where it stems from, so all Roads lead back to Rome the fallen empire who remained alive through it's religious (second horn -power) masking the political horn (power). It was able to invade many kingdoms without revolt through the guise of those cultures gods and collect taxes now tithes without insurrection or complaint from all those previoualy subverted nations.
Ironically if you study how Arafat's Uncle fled to Berlin & learned antisemitic propaganda which was used by Jihaadist, it reveals even that radical Islamic hate propaganda leads back to Rome. That's why getting to the source is important.