Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . 46 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD ch.^. Mauretania, governed by Rome but hardly yetfully assimilated into the Roman system. In the Mediterranean Sea lie Crete, a place whichhad now become of little importance; Sicily, as muchGreek as Roman, fertile in crops and possessed of manya splendid Greek temple and theatre; Sardinia, anunhealthy island infested by banditti, and employed. Fig. 9. — Emblem of Alexandria. as a sort of convict station, producing some amountof grain and minerals; and Corsica, which bore muchthe same character for savagery as it did in ti
Life in the Roman world of Nero and StPaul . 46 LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD ch.^. Mauretania, governed by Rome but hardly yetfully assimilated into the Roman system. In the Mediterranean Sea lie Crete, a place whichhad now become of little importance; Sicily, as muchGreek as Roman, fertile in crops and possessed of manya splendid Greek temple and theatre; Sardinia, anunhealthy island infested by banditti, and employed. Fig. 9. — Emblem of Alexandria. as a sort of convict station, producing some amountof grain and minerals; and Corsica, which bore muchthe same character for savagery as it did in timescomparatively recent, and which had little reputationfor any product but its second-rate honey and itswax. The Balearic Islands were chiefly noted fortheir excellence in the art of slinging, for paintersearth, and for breeding snails for the Roman table. BRIEF SURVEY OF THE PROVINX^ES 47 It remains to say that the feehng of local pridewas very strong in the rival towns of the gloried in its distinguishing commerce andnatural advantages, and the chosen emblems of thegreater cities set forth their boasts with much artisticingenuity. Thus Antioch is symbolised by a femalefigure seated on a rock, crowned with a turreted
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