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Understanding Europe
Smith, David
Smith, David
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"At the present time I find myself living in a small town to the north of Glasgow which has a ruined section of the ancient Antonine Wall at its heart. This defensive barrier ran between the Forth and Clyde rivers and represented, for a fairly brief period, the outer limit of the Roman Empire. Where sections of the wall are preserved it is possible to walk along this extraordinary fortification and marvel both at the fortitude of soldiers brought from the lands of the Mediterranean, enduring the rigours of winter in this northerly outpost, and at the extent and glory of the empire they defended. Eventually, as we know, the empire was to collapse, but by the time this happened a new faith, making the incredible claim that an obscure Jewish carpenter, executed as posing a threat to Rome, was in fact worthy of supreme honour and worship, had spread across the continent. This faith, which for three centuries was by turns ignored, derided and violently suppressed, eventually won the allegiance of vast numbers of people and became the official religion of a rejuvenated empire"
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