Aquila

Julius Caesar is upheld as one of the most influential politicians of European history. Caesar was truly influential for every man and women of Rome. Caesar was successful in the battle field and had a large group of dedicated followers, but more importantly Caesar caused some anger and some extreme hatred towards himself. Julius Caesar was assassinated because the people of Rome stood firmly against a tyrant, rumors regarding Julius Caesar caused fear and uncertainty of Rome’s future, and…

I have chosen Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians 13: 1-13 for my bible passage. In Paul’s day, Corinth was the largest and most influential city in southern Greece. Athens was considered the intellectual center of Greece, and Corinth was the commercial center. The city’s rise to prominence among the cities of Greece is attributed to its central location on the east-west route between Italy and Asia Minor. Corinth’s financial prosperity was the result of business activities, athletic…

Women feel that they are not to take part in church services. This essay will address the role of women in the church; the positions of elder and deacon, women holding office, arguments against it, limitation, and what women contribute. The office of Elder, or Presbyter, was created to fill the role of preaching and teaching (Acts 20:28; 1 Pet, 5:1-4) the flock when the apostles were. An Elder is an authoritative role, with the Apostles, in church decisions and direction (Acts 11:30),…

The church of Ephesus was mentioned first in Revelation. It was a strong church that was led by many spiritual giants such as Paul, John, Timothy, Apollos, Priscilla, and Aquila. It was first evangelized during the Second Mission journey of Paul. It was home to mass conversions of the people who betrayed their immoral idols for the one true God. This event caused a riot. (Kent, Jr. 5) The major theme of the book is believer’s…

Septuagint Often referred to as seventy or “LXX”, being its Roman Numeral, the Septuagint was first translated from the Old Testament in approximately 300 B.C.. It was translated at this time as the Old Testament was written in hebrew and Ptolemy Philadelphus, the reigning emperor of Alexandria Egypt, wanted to include the Greek version in the Library of Alexandria. To do this Ptolemy Philadelphus ordered seventy two scholars, made up of six elders from twelve tribes of Israel, to translate…

their cherished standard, the Eagle. The Eagle symbolized what Rome stood for, the pride and strength of winning battles, for to lose a battle was shameful and embarrassing. The leader of this army, the Ninth Legion, was father to Marcus Flavius Aquila, and he was determined to defend his father’s honor, acquire the standard and deliver it to Rome. So, he requested to be the commander of Britain. Where Marcus would be highly criticized and unappreciated because his father was the one who was…

appears as early as the third century, in Roman, Greek, and Hebrew doctrines (Shea, 2001). Early Roman law stated that those who commit crimes without evil intent should not be held criminally responsible for those crimes. Furthermore, the Roman law Lex Aquila maintained that, “(A) man who, without negligence or malice, but by some accident, causes damage, goes unpunished” (Rosner, 2003). The insanity defense was first used in a courtroom around the time of Aristotle in 350 BC, though at this…

Rome is known for many things and its military was one of them. The roman military helped set the precedence of later militaries. Some of the same traits of the roman military was used and is still used in militaries of today. The Roman military was able to conquer most of the known world due to its military strength. Although the roman military was not the largest it was able to things that only a small group of empires had done before. There are a few reasons why the roman military was able to…

Who knew, that our stars string together to form the most unique, odd, and compelling shapes and figures. You, probably have heard of the Big dipper, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, and Orion. These are the most well known and popular constellations and asterisms. An asterism is a group of stars that is not a constellation, but is well known by many astronomers. The history of how constellations came to be is amazing. Things including people, the discovery, why they were used, and how…

Pegasus constellation lies in the northern hemisphere. It is one of the largest constellations in the sky. It was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. The constellation was named after Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology.The constellation is known for the Great Square of Pegasus, a familiar asterism in the northern sky, as well as for a number of bright stars and deep sky objects, among them Messier 15 (NGC 7078, Cumulo de Pegaso), Stephan’s Quintet of…