... fighting, and then could be put back for the land based activities. The theatre of Leptis Magna is constructed mostly from grey limestone, a practical, yet fairly plain stone but allowing a strong foundation for the theatre. Cipollino marble is again used in the theatre for its aesthetic qualities. The first tier of the cavea is made using marble, because this is where the authority of the city, and most important theatre goers sat ... platforms was also present by which means the animals would be transported up into the arena, by a number of entrances which added to the thrill of the c...

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... of the major contributions to the spread of Christianity to Roman Mesopotamia is the network of roads manned by the Roman empire. The Via Maris which stretched from Egypt through Palestine branched out to the East in the Galilee region toward Damascus; and another branched north, passing through Asia Minor eventually to join the Via Egnatia into Europe. Likewise the King's Highway branched from the Via Maris through the Negev desert to the eastern shore of the Dead ... there were smaller exodus to the villages such as seen in the Christian villages in Upper Galilee and Syria. The fourth...

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... of the emperor Charlemagne, expresses the nostalgic idealistic attitude towards the man that historians call the first true European king' and contemporaries the heir to the Roman empire'. How deserved are these titles? How accurate is the praise? It is my argument that (according to the sources provided in chapter six of the Andrea source book) while bestowed with the title of imperator, and holding sufficient land for history to allow for the ... term empire', and most likely being a very descent, wise, and learned man according to his time "his not-so-impressive feats of military prow...

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