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... tradition with Abraham , the Mount of Olives , Bethlehem and Golgotha . The five- aisled pillared basilica of the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem has an octagonal choir in the place of the cave alleged to be the birthplace of the ...
... tradition with Abraham , the Mount of Olives , Bethlehem and Golgotha . The five- aisled pillared basilica of the church of the Nativity at Bethlehem has an octagonal choir in the place of the cave alleged to be the birthplace of the ...
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... traditional education for his daughter Maria , and that she was familiar with the mythological world of the poets . Christians were becoming increasingly caught up in this cultural tradition . The rhetorical skill deployed in their ...
... traditional education for his daughter Maria , and that she was familiar with the mythological world of the poets . Christians were becoming increasingly caught up in this cultural tradition . The rhetorical skill deployed in their ...
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... tradition . Nethertheless , men who still read the classical authors no longer did so with any thought of emulating their achievement through new works of equal merit ; they looked to their literary authori- ties to provide them with a ...
... tradition . Nethertheless , men who still read the classical authors no longer did so with any thought of emulating their achievement through new works of equal merit ; they looked to their literary authori- ties to provide them with a ...
Contents
THE CRISIS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE | 11 |
Intellectual and religious life | 28 |
Enemies of the ancient world external and internal | 50 |
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The Decline of Rome: The Metamorphosis of Ancient Civilization Joseph Vogt No preview available - 1993 |
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