The Jews Under Roman Rule #226202

The epoch of which this volume professes to treat embraces a period of about three hundred years 164 to ad. And has an intimate bearing on one of the most momentous turning-points in the history of the world. The first half of this period is almost co-incident with the formation of the great confederation of Medi terranean states under the supremacy of Rome — a confederation which constituted the most important external preparation for the success of Christianity; the second half is co-incident with the birth develop ment and primitive organization of the Christian faith. These are events which gave a new direction to the history of humanity in the West they are the starting-points of a fresh era in the life of the world unlike some of the records of antiquity, an account of them is not merely a revelation of what has tran spired in the past; at the present moment they are still exercising an immense influence on the deepest sentiments of mankind.