Anti-Imperialism the Old-Fashioned Way

In the comments on a post on the BrothersJudd blog, Paul Cella said:

I bet there were some nasty anti-Roman tracts and conspiracy theorizing in barbarian Germany -- or, better yet, in the formerly great Greek lands -- back in the second century.

One of the anti-Roman rants is still in print. You may have heard of it. It was called The Revelation of St. John the Divine.