History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . esources. Plentyof mortar was used, which was not, always of the best quality; the stones found at hand wereburied in it, and coarse masonry was faced with the opus reticulatum, which presented a goodappearance, but had little See IV la Blanchere, Le Port de Terracine, in the Me-langi s darcheol. of the lUcole franfai • rfi Rome, i. 347. There existed, at least in the follow-ing centuries, corporations of lime-burners (calcis coctores), who were obliged to burn thelime required for public b
History of Rome, and of the Roman people, from its origin to the invasion of the barbarians . esources. Plentyof mortar was used, which was not, always of the best quality; the stones found at hand wereburied in it, and coarse masonry was faced with the opus reticulatum, which presented a goodappearance, but had little See IV la Blanchere, Le Port de Terracine, in the Me-langi s darcheol. of the lUcole franfai • rfi Rome, i. 347. There existed, at least in the follow-ing centuries, corporations of lime-burners (calcis coctores), who were obliged to burn thelime required for public buildings {Code Theod. xiv. 6, 1-5). 2 Lebas and Waddington, Voy. Lebas and Waddington, ibid. THE PROVINCES. L85 public prosperity had in less than two centuries increased at anincalculable rate. During a longer space of time the same thinghad been true of the Early Empire. Its peaceable provinces hadincreased a hundredfold in wealth. On the evidence ofthe prosperity of Egypt, so great, under the Ptolemies, was nothingcompared to that which the country enjoyed under the Romans;. ANCIENT BRIDGE AT AEZAXI. RESTOR1 !>. and the Gauls, whose contribution was raised, in the middle ofthe fourth century, to an enormous sum, were grateful to theEmperor Julian for requiring of them only twelve times as muchas they had paid to Caesar. V. — The JEwrsn and Christian Opposition. Unhappily all the inhabitants of this immense Empire had butone common bond, — the Roman Peace. This was an interest, itwas not an idea; and a nation is created only by community ofideas. There were even provincials who uttered protests againstthis well-being, and threats against this prosperity. While thegreatest nations were submissive under the loss of their indepen-dence, monotheism, in the two forms which it had received atJerusalem, refused to subject the external life of its adherents tothe gods of the Capitol ; and in spite of their small number, itsbelievers armed themselves against Rome wi
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