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Page 278
... Roman juggernaut . The Romans , under the command of the future emperor Vespasian , arrived in Galilee in the spring of AD 67 and quickly broke the Jewish resistance in the north . Josephus managed to hold the fortress of Jotapata for ...
... Roman juggernaut . The Romans , under the command of the future emperor Vespasian , arrived in Galilee in the spring of AD 67 and quickly broke the Jewish resistance in the north . Josephus managed to hold the fortress of Jotapata for ...
Page 780
... Roman law , by annual edict and by the extension of trial formu- las , gave the Roman patrician legal expert an influential position ; he became the jurisconsult , the first nonofficial lawyer to be regarded with social approbation ...
... Roman law , by annual edict and by the extension of trial formu- las , gave the Roman patrician legal expert an influential position ; he became the jurisconsult , the first nonofficial lawyer to be regarded with social approbation ...
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... Roman pride and passion for liberty . Romans began again to write in Greek as well as in Latin . The " new sophistic " movement in Greece ąffected the " novel poets " such as Florus . An effete culture devoted itself to grammar , met ...
... Roman pride and passion for liberty . Romans began again to write in Greek as well as in Latin . The " new sophistic " movement in Greece ąffected the " novel poets " such as Florus . An effete culture devoted itself to grammar , met ...
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