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  • For Salvation's Sake

    Provincial Loyalty, Personal Religion, and Epigraphic Production in the Roman and Late Antique Near East

    af Jason Moralee ...
    Serier serie Studies in Classics
    This book breaks new ground in the study of cultural unity in the Near East from pre-Roman to early Islamic times (first century BC - eighth century AD). Based on a thorough study of nearly 400 Greek and Latin inscriptions from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, this book shows how the formula 'for salvation's sake' (hyper soterias/pro salute) was fundamental to the political, social and religious ... Læs mere

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  • The Robe

    The Robe is a historical novel written by Lloyd C. Douglas. It was first published in 1942 and became a bestseller. The novel is set in ancient Rome and follows the story of a Roman tribune named Marcellus Gallio.The central plot revolves around Marcellus, who wins the robe of Jesus Christ in a dice game shortly after the crucifixion. The robe is said to have magical and transformative qualities, ... Læs mere

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    THE catastrophe of the fall of Rome, with all that its fall signified to the fifth century, came very near to accomplishment in the third. There was a long period when it seemed as though nothing could save the Empire. Her prestige sank to the vanishing point. Her armies had forgotten what it was to win a victory over a foreign enemy. Her Emperors were worthless and incapable. On every side the ... Læs mere

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  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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    The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. ... Læs mere

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    Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some Western countries over policies toward minority Muslim communities--a historical fact has gone unnoticed: for more than four hundred years beginning in the mid-seventh century, some 50 percent of the world's Christians lived and worshipped under Muslim rule. Just who were the Christians in ... Læs mere

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    Long before European empires came to dominate the Middle East, Britain was brought face to face with Islam through the activities of the Barbary corsairs. For three centuries after 1500, Muslim ships based in North African ports terrorized European shipping, capturing thousands of vessels and enslaving hundreds of thousands of Christians. Encountering Islam is the fascinating story of one ... Læs mere

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