REL 415 - Pauline Literature III
The Prison and Pastoral Epistles of Paul
InterNet Links for Week 3
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InterNet Resources
Our readings this week are intended to give us a feeling for the Roman culture of the time, and to give the time-frame of the events of the New Testament. From them you may get a picture of what it was probably like to be a member of a peace-keeping force in outlying regions of the Roman Empire, such as Judea and Asia Minor, where the people and customs were strange to the provincial governors and to the officers of the Roman army.
Also, a picture of the spiritual hunger of Gentiles seeking God.
Such people comprised Paul's mission field, and the intended readership for most of his letters.
Links for Roman-Macedonian Wars
Macedonian and Greek sources tend to play down the Macedonian-Roman Wars (they lost)
Roman History sources tend to give more details, but are also concerned with the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, which overlapped the Macedonian-Roman Wars.
from the Forum Romanum
- Forum Romanum - lots of information on Rome
- Dr. William C. Morey's "Outlines of Roman History"
- Conquests in the East
- Reduction of Macedonia and Greece
- Rome as a World Power
- The Julian Emperors
- The Private Life of the Romans
from Professor John Porter's Courses, the University of Saskatchewan
- Roman Chronology
- Guide to Roman Names
- The Early Roman Republic
- The Punic Wars
- The Later Roman Republic
- From the death of Sulla to the death of Caesar
- Augustus
from the V-Roma Site
- Rome - Republic to Empire
- Plan of a Roman House - click on parts to see more details
- The Roman Army
- Roman names
- Augustus and Tiberius
- "Caliga" (Roman soldier's sandal, originally with hob-nails) from the first century AD
- Augustus and Tiberius
- Ruins of the Roman Forum
- Ruins of the Roman Forum - another photo
- Ruins of the Roman Forum - another photo
- Ruins of the Roman Forum - another photo
- Relief of Mithras killing a bull Mithras was worshipped as a god, particularly by Roman soldiers. Mithraism was a mystery religion - its followers took a vow of secrecy about their rites
- Mithras - another photo
- Mithras - another photo
- Roman road from the first century
- Restored Roman shops
- Restored Roman shops - another photo
- Restored Roman shops - another photo
- Roman flour mill and bakery
- Roman latrines
- Statue of a Praetorian Guard
from Professor Harvey, Kent State University
University of Michigan Classics Course :
World Civilizations Site :
The Romans Site :
The Third Millennium Site :
The Roman Emperors Site
The Roman Empire Site
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- Images of Greece and Rome - mostly color photos
- The Mamertine Prison
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The History Guide
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other sites
- The Roman Empire with links to pages about some of the Roman Emperors
- A Day in the Life of an Ancient Roman
- Augustus
- The Roman Empire
- Augustus - images of power
- A concise History of Macedonia
- Rome - page with hundreds of links to other sites
- Roman History, Coins, and Technology - links at foot of page to pages on Roman Emperors, society, and other topics of general interest
- Life in Antique Rome
- Julius Caesar
- Maps of the Roman Empire
- Vox Populi - "Discover" Magazine article on Roman graffiti and inscriptions
- Tiberius
- Rome expands Abroad
- Pompeii: Nature, Science, and Technology in a Roman Town
- Caligula
- Legion XX - a modern re-creation of a Roman Legion, with information on dress, customs, etc.
- Augustus
- Battle of Pydna, with photo
- Macedonian-Roman Wars
- History of Macedonia
- Rome
- Roman History - Grace Notes Site
- Roman Names - Grace Notes Site
- The Graeco-Roman World - from "A Historical Introduction to the New Testament" by Prof. Robert M. Grant
- Palestine In Graeco-Roman Times - from "A Historical Introduction to the New Testament" by Prof. Robert M. Grant
- Augustus
- Roman Technology
- The Jewish-Roman World of Jesus - follow links to " The Roman World of Jesus" and to other pages of information on Rome
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