As the Roman soldiers come to take Him, Jesus accepts His fate with a prayer for at least the strength to endure what is to come and as the devil watches in the distance, what is to come will be nothing short of brutality in its definition. I was ten when I saw this film and Im...
The Roman soldiers had come to his rescue in Jerusalem to save his life from the fanaticism of his own coreligionists. Toward the accusations of the Jews against their rivals the Romans were either indifferent, as Gallio the proconsul of Achaia, who "cared for none of those things" (Acts...
Antique print of ancient Roman soldiers to show various ancient Roman inventionsAncient Roman Inventions: MilitaryNumerous inventions and innovations in ancient Rome actually began within the army. Roman armour and weaponry was a flourish of innovation. Often including ideas picked up elsewhere other ...
The Centurion stories are introduced by Senior Officer Karis Keynay Populous, commander of a Cohort (700-800 soldiers) of the Roman Army occupying Judea. During a meal with his six Centurions, he asks each one what he knows about Jesus. The six Centurions tell their stories taken from Script...
Roman soldiers often wore a thick warm rectangular cloak called the sagum. It was usedto protect the soldier from bad weather on the march or during sentry dutyand, it doubled as a blanket at night. ... These cloaks were often left with the natural sheep oils in, keeping them waterproof...
Later, after Romulus had completed the building of the new city with his band of soldiers, he realized the lack of women in the city, so Romulus and his supporters raided the neighboring tribe, the Sabines, and kidnapped their women. It is telling that later Romans believed that their ...
(latifundia) owned by the Senatorial order. This led to a population explosion in Rome itself, with the plebeians clinging desperately to survival while the patricians lived in splendor. This income inequality severely threatened the constitutional arrangements of the Republic, since all soldiers ...
The Romans set off in a casual march because they saw this as a routine mission.“Having campaigned all summer, it is likely the soldiers were growing weary and looked forward to the more relaxing winter encampments along the Rhine. This weariness may have contributed greatly to not obs...
The sculpture group of Mars and the wolves was displayed there.Soldiers sometimes assembled at the temple before heading off to war, and it was the point of departure for a major parade of Roman cavalry held annually on July 15.A temple to Mars in the Circus Flaminius was built ar...
Their own answer would have been simple: They were farmers and soldiers, simple people accustomed to simple, straightforward actions. Throughout their long history, Romans liked to refer to the clear-cut models provided by their semi-legendary predecessors: Cincinnatus, the farmer, called away to ...