{"id":2666,"date":"2020-03-23T02:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T02:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=2666"},"modified":"2024-05-25T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:38:11","slug":"3-roman-empire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/3-roman-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"3)  The Roman Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Topic 3 &#8211; Session 4 &#8211; Big Civilization<\/p>\n<p>Far to the west a small village in central Italy rose to great power. These people combined patriotic discipline with cultural development. They included Italians they conquered rather than subjugating them. After expanding to the lands across the Mediterranean Sea, they supplanted Greece as Persia\u2019s greatest adversary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one-half first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4949\" src=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cicero_Denounces_Catiline.png\" alt=\"Cicero Denounces Catiline\" width=\"450\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cicero_Denounces_Catiline.png 450w, https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cicero_Denounces_Catiline-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Outline<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/\">Course<\/a> Big Civilization<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/\">Session 4<\/a> Persia Versus West<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other Topics for This Session<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/1-palestine\/\">One<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/2-greece\/\">Two<\/a>| |Three| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/4-byzantine-empire\/\">Four<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/5-muslims\/\">Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Further Information<\/h1>\n<h2>From History Moments Library<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width=100%; background-color: gold;\">\n<thead style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">TITLE<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">AUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody style=\"link-color: blue;\">\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2012\/01\/the-crucifixion-of-jesus-christ\/\">The Crucifixion of<br \/>\nJesus Christ<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederic_Farrar\">Frederic Farrar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2014\/01\/renan-1\/\">Christianity Appears<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Renan\">Ernest Renan<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isaac_Mayer_Wise\">Isaac M. Wise| |<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Henry_Newman\"><br \/>\nJohn Cardinal Newman<br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>360<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2011\/01\/early-career-of-julian-the-apostate\/\">Early Career of Julian the Apostate<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Gibbon\">Edward Gibbon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">TITLE<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">AUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<h2>From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n<h3>Reads<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_Later_Roman_Empire\">History of the Later Roman Empire<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_Wars\">Roman\u2013Persian Wars<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perso-Roman_wars_of_337%E2%80%93361\">Perso-Roman wars of 337\u2013361<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3IIRiSTc3g?si=ypNqE18Vp4j9vZy0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rumv7VTMr_U?si=UVzyszCcrP47RDXc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onHIpArMENU?si=j1y40hv15bKt_dGT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yt3jXrvhL8?si=SQH88KcRKJslElsW\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 3 &#8211; Session 4 &#8211; Big Civilization Far to the west a small village in central Italy rose to great power. 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