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Bible (The Protestant Reformation, 2003). Essentially, the Luther debated Christianity and how it was practiced and unde...

became a famous hunter."3 At one point, however, when he had killed a boar that had terrorized the people, he got into an argument...

also the most violent, podium walls had to be erected to protect the audience from possible injury (Futrell, 1997). Because these...

the empire (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). The cities became unsafe due to the vast crime and violence which overtook t...

violent spectacles that the Romans loved (Roman Fun and Games, 2003). Gladiators were slaves and were made to fight one another, ...

and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

with the respected General Marcus Aemilu Lepidus (Chesser, 2003; Meadows, 1999). When Lepidus was forced to retire by Octavianus a...

(Encarta). The logic of having two leaders or "co-consuls" was based on the idea that having two men in charge would keep either o...

which is being stated can be immediately observed and seen to be valid. He also makes the point that for primitive peoples, to be ...

Rome itself is portrayed as moving from a society dominated by heroes, such as Julius Caesar and Pompey, to one which is more frag...

pedophile activity by priests, about keeping secrets in the hierarchy. Then the hierarchy made a mistake by trying to spin the ped...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

by various members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the 12th century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era (Larue). Th...

was doing the exact opposite of what was being promoted; they were doing what people said would turn kids off of religion and yet,...

time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...

From this examination we can perhaps understand that Roman crucifixion was not something that was limited to only criminals. Peopl...

191). Because the atrium was the distinctive showplace of these houses, special care was taken to have it reflect the personaliti...

owe it to my contemporaries not to ruin my legend" (89). He doesnt even like the cheese anymore, but he continues to follow his r...

were then and how they affect who you are today (Orman, 1998). People indeed have very different ideas about money and the...

When discussing the fall of the Roman empire, what is actually being discussed is the fall of the "western" empire (including Ital...

walked across the room -- the child stopped, walked across the room to the same point, and then came back and finished the work....

one that was organic and holistic in which philosophy, politics, and literature were considered . . . Imperial Rome would prove th...

intercede on their behalf before God (2002). Hence, saints serve as role models as well as intercessors (2002). Beyond obvious m...

means that they have agreed to abide by the findings of the ICC and will not work against the treaty. Originally the United States...

unfortunate. The interesting thing about Rome was that political clout was everything. Who one knew could either get one killed, o...

be seen as an unavoidable force, which we are destined to fight against, but will ultimately fail. If we look at Sophocles writing...

worries that God is angry with her, that maybe He hates her. She feels she has destroyed her relationship with God. She even asks ...

Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...

various letters. As this letter opens, Paul greets the Thessalonians, who have suffered many persecutions for their beliefs, ye...