The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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( Right ) Roman priests in skullcaps , from the Ara Pacis of Constantine in the Roman Forum . ( Be- low ) Figure of a 14th century German bishop in Lübeck Cathedral . Jewish high priest at the time of Christ wears the characteristic ...
( Right ) Roman priests in skullcaps , from the Ara Pacis of Constantine in the Roman Forum . ( Be- low ) Figure of a 14th century German bishop in Lübeck Cathedral . Jewish high priest at the time of Christ wears the characteristic ...
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... Roman methods . As early as the mid - 1st century A. D. the Da- cians had raided parts of the Roman Empire . In 85 , under Decebalus , they advanced into the province of Moesia and killed the governor . The Roman emperor Domitian ...
... Roman methods . As early as the mid - 1st century A. D. the Da- cians had raided parts of the Roman Empire . In 85 , under Decebalus , they advanced into the province of Moesia and killed the governor . The Roman emperor Domitian ...
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... ROMAN EMPIRE , a history by the English writer Edward Gibbon , first published in six volumes in 1776-1788 . Its full title is The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . It is widely regarded as one of the half dozen ...
... ROMAN EMPIRE , a history by the English writer Edward Gibbon , first published in six volumes in 1776-1788 . Its full title is The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . It is widely regarded as one of the half dozen ...
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