6 edition of The Roman world found in the catalog.
The Roman world
Mike Corbishley
Published
1986
by Warwick Press in New York
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Written in
Presents in text and illustrations the history, government, people, culture, and day-to day life of ancient Rome.
Edition Notes
| Statement | Mike Corbishley. |
| Genre | Juvenile literature |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Pagination | 94 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 94 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL23258274M |
| ISBN 10 | 0531190188 |
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In The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era James Jeffers provides an informative and scenic tour of daily life during the time of Jesus and the apostles. He treats class and status, family and community, work and leisure, religion and organization, city and country, law and government, death and taxes, and epochal events of Roman history all while offering a 'you-are-there' glimpses.5/5(4).
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The book is a sequel to Kulikowski's "The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine," which recounts the history of Rome through the beginning of the reign of Constantine.
Share this story. Tweet (Media Contacts) Katie Bohn. [email protected] A'ndrea Elyse Messer. This spirited reading of Susan Wise Bauer’s The Story of the World Vol. 1: Ancient Times brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of Ancient Times, covering the major historical events from the beginning of civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire.
The Story of the World Audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose. May 05, · In Baylor University Press’s recent publication Destroyer of the gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World, author Larry W. Hurtado educates readers on the social, cultural, and historical contexts of early Christianity in the ancient Roman world.
Hurtado is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity and authored. Jan 29, · Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centered on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 BCE following the demise of the Roman Republic and continuing to the final eclipse of the Empire in the West in the 5th century CE.
Learn more about the Roman Empire in this article.Dench also illuminates the provincial cultures of the imperial period, of course, but the space devoted to Italy and to the Republican period gives the book an unusual, and welcome, orientation amongst the many other studies of acculturation in the Roman world.
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