They did that because they feared being a minority in a country dominated by Catholics.
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In 98 BC Rome expelled all non-Roman citizens (except slaves). It was a time in Rome when the non-Romans were not allowed to stay in the city unless they were slaves. Rome was a place of religion and history no foreign outsiders were allowed.