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http://www.fetchbook.info/fwd_reviews/search_0060600632.html
http://www.crystalinks.com/romanempire.html
http://www.occultopedia.com/r/rome.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558731/Holy_Roman_Empire.html

But this one is the best reading

http://www.atheists.org/christianity/realbible.html


"Norman Miller" <spamthis@die.invalid> wrote in message 
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> In article <k4adnbo9NdhMIwXcRVn-tw@rogers.com>, Seven of 3 says...
>
>> But keep in mind these were not the followers of Jesus. This was the 
>> Roman
>> Empire. This was the most advanced civilation on the planet. Their 
>> engineers
>> could move mountains. There buildings were aircontitioned, heated, had
>> running water. Their Coliseum is still unmatched by any mutli-purpose 
>> venue
>> were have built. They were smart, educated, powerful, dominant, and 
>> learned
>> that you control people by exploiting their faith far more than with the
>> sword. Thier compilation of the Bible was a deliberate strategy to 
>> dominat
>> the world. And that is why Christainity has been one of the bloodiest
>> campaigns, because it was a continuation of the Roman Empire.
>> They adopted a new strategy and implemented the right tactics to dominate
>> and enslave people by using their own faith against them.
>> Pretty cool, eh?
>
> Not really. Rome had passed its peak, and was starting into decline before
> Jesus started his ministry. The single significant event (which the Romans
> could not see in this manner, but we, with perfect hindsight, can see is 
> the
> Battle of Teutoburg forest. In September, A.D. 9, Pulius Quinctilius Varus
> took three legions over the Rhine river to enforce Roman control in the
> region, recently won by the adopted son of Caesar Augustus. A Cherusci
> chieftain, Arminius, ambushed, and obliterated those three legions; thus,
> putting an end to Roman aspiration to expand the empire eastward, over the
> Rhine river. Augustus reportedly spent the rest of his life wondering the
> Roman government buildings, demanding, "Varus! Give me back my legions",
> though Varus was killed in that battle.
>
> Also, the majority of biblical canon was ironed out by A.D. 200, well 
> before
> Constantine put the Church in power over the temporal affairs of the Roman
> state.
>
> -- 
> Norman
> ~I believe in fantasies
> ~invisible to me.
> ~In the land of misery
> ~I'm searching for a sign