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New Testament survey, revised by Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985 is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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## THE EMPIRE OF ROME At the time when the New Testament was written the entire civilized world, with the exception of the little-known kingdoms of the Far East, was under the domination of Rome. From the Atlantic Ocean on the west to the Euphrates River and the Red Sea on the east, and from the Rhone, the Danube, the Black Sea, and the Caucasus mountains on the north to the 4 THE WORLD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT a wealthy and powerful nation. Its ships carried the commerce of the Mediterranean. Its civilization was oriental in character, its society was an oligarchy maintained by a mercenary army, and it was governed by autocratic rule. As Rome expanded it came into conflict with the outposts of the Carthaginian empire. Aside from the fact that the two civilizations were alien to each other in racial origin and in political theory, there was not enough room for both of them in the same territory; one had to succumb. The wars between them ended in 146 B.C. when the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus captured the city of Carthage and razed it to the ground. Rome thus established dominion over Spain and North Africa. At the same time Macedonia was made a Roman province, and with the sack of C

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Author
Tenney, Merrill C. (Merrill Chapin), 1904-1985
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Inter-Varsity Press
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9780851106359
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Religion, Christian, Bible
Rating
3.99 / 5 (154 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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