ITALYit'-a-li (Italia): At first confined as a name to the extreme southern part of the Italian peninsula in the region now called Calabria, whence its application was gradually extended. In Greek usage of the 5th century B.C., the name was applied to the coasts as far as Metapontum and Posidonia, being synonymous with Oenotria. The Oenotrians are represente... View Details
PONTUSpon'-tus (Pontos): Was an important province in the northeastern part of Asia Minor, lying along the south shore of the Black Sea. The name was geographical, not ethnical, in origin, and was first used to designate that part of Cappadocia which bordered on the "Pontus," as the Euxine was often termed. Pontus proper extended from the Halys River on the... View Details
ROMEI. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION1. Original Roman State2. The Struggle between Patricians and Plebeians3. The Senate and Magistrates4. Underlying PrinciplesII. EXTENSION OF ROMAN SOVEREIGNTYIII. THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT1. Imperial Authority2. Three Classes of CitizensIV. ROMAN RELIGION1. Deities2. Religious DecayV. ROME AND THE JEWS1. Judea u... View Details