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Rome
Rome The capital of the Roman Empire, traditionally founded in 753 BCE. In NT times it had a population of about one million, mostly crowded into tenements, though the wealthy lived in pleasantly heated villas. The emperor
Augustus undertook a magnificent building programme for which materials were imported from Africa, Greece, and Asia Minor. Such commercial enterprise attracted to Rome a cosmopolitan mixture of customs, languages, and religions, though Greek was the language of communication.
Latin was spoken only by the social élite.
There were enough Jews in the city by 49 CE for the emperor Claudius to issue an edict expelling them on account of disturbances (see Acts 18: 2), which probably revolved round the arrival of Christians. The latter were numerous and unpopular enough to be blamed by
Nero for the calamitous fire of 64 CE, which conveniently laid waste a part of the city which he needed for his own building. The Christian community nevertheless grew and both
1 Peter and
1 Clement were written from Rome.
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Rome I -The UK Opts In.(Rome Convention of 1980)
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 8/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Government has now decided that the time is right for the UK to enter into the Rome I Regulation on choice of law in contracts. What is Rome I and what is it intended to do? Rome I is designed to replace the Rome Convention of 1980, by reforming and...
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ROME ART AND COMMUNITY CENTER ANNOUNCES RESULT FOR FIRST ANNUAL RUN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/14/2007; 515 words
; The city of Rome issued the following press release: The Rome Art and Community Center held its First Annual Run, a 5K road race to benefit the Rome Art & Community Center on May 12, 2007. The results...
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Rome's fest test: event toppers keep eye on mayor's moves.
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 3/5/2008; ; 700+ words
; Will the recent resignation of Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni jeopardize the Rome Film Festival? The film-buff pol, who launched...much is expected to change for the deep-pocketed Rome event. But the absence of such a passionate supporter...
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Rome Bancorp Announces Filing of a Registration Statement for the Second-Step Conversion of Rome, MHC.
PR Newswire; 12/15/2004; 700+ words
; Rome Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and the holding company of The Rome Savings Bank, a federal savings bank located in Rome, New York ("Rome Savings"), announced that New Rome...
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Rome Cavalieri to Join the Prestigious Waldorf=Astoria Collection(R).
Business Wire; 3/25/2008; 700+ words
; ...Four Decades as Italy's Leading Hotel, Rome Cavalieri Becomes the First Hotel in Europe...Luxury Brand of Hilton Hotels Corporation ROME -- Hilton Hotels Corporation today announced that the Rome Cavalieri Hilton, the preferred hotel for...
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ROME HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO PRESENT EXCITING LECTURE SERIES ON HISTORY OF ROME
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/25/2007; 619 words
; The city of Rome issued the following press release: Step back in time as the Rome Historical Society explores the rich history that made Rome, N.Y., the "Copper City" of the world. This spring, the Rome Historical Society and Mohawk Valley...
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Jim Rome is back for encore at ESPN.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Cecil Conley You probably have heard of Jim Rome, who hosts a nationally syndicated radio...television May 6 with his own show, "Rome Is Burning," on ESPN. Chances are you...Shapiro, who is responsible for bringing Rome back to ESPN. Shapiro is executive vice...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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ROME UNDERTAKES MAJOR CLEANUP FOR MILLENNIUM.(Getaways)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...direction for centuries no longer do so. Rome's pride is on the line now as never before...unsettling about all of this estimable work. Rome has always been a respite from order...City for its chaos and decline. We love Rome precisely because it has never seriously...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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ROME BURNS TO BE BEST IN BUSINESS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...enough, you're done!'' interjects Jim Rome, host of the sports talk show ``The Jim Rome Show.'' ``I can't take it anymore...caller goes down in The Jungle. To understand Rome, heard weekdays from noon to 3 p.m. on WOFX...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service) "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Jim Rome is back for encore at ESPN.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 4/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...Cecil Conley You probably have heard of Jim Rome, who hosts a nationally syndicated radio...television May 6 with his own show, "Rome Is Burning," on ESPN. Chances are you...Shapiro, who is responsible for bringing Rome back to ESPN. Shapiro is executive vice...
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Rome, Art in
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
ROME, ART IN ROME, ART IN. Like the art and architecture of the early modern city, the art of ancient Rome was largely produced by ambitious immigrants: ever since the legendary...
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Rome
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rome Ital. Roma, city (1991 pop. 2,775,250), capital of Italy and see...whose residence, Vatican City , is a sovereign state within the city of Rome. Rome is also the capital of Latium, a region of central Italy, and of Rome prov...
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Rome (early Christian)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Rome (early Christian). An early but not well...grounded tradition asserts that St Peter reached Rome in AD 42. When the Epistle to the Romans...large Christian community already existed at Rome. St Paul arrived between AD 59 and 61, and...
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Rome, Sack of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
ROME, SACK OF ROME, SACK OF. The conquest of Rome on 6 May 1527 by troops of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V (ruled 1519 – 1556) has traditionally been viewed as a turning point in the history of papal Rome and in Renaissance culture...
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Club of Rome
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Club of Rome Founded in Rome in early 1968 by a group of European businesspeople and scientists, the Club of Rome is a nonprofit nongovernmental organization (NGO) that serves as...
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