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Romans

Roman Literature. See Latin Language
and Literature.

Roman Remains in Great Britain.

Great Britain, except for the small portion
lying n. of the river Tyne, was for many
generations an integral part of the Roman
empire. In the southern parts of the island,
a complete network of highways or 'streets'
testify to the settled condition of the country
during the Roman occupation.

The relics of Roman London can be studied
in the British Museum and at the Guildhall;

among the many evidences that the citizens
of Silchester led a refined and often a luxuri-
ous life. Throughout Roman Britain the same
high degree of civilization is everywhere man-
ifest. Everywhere the dwellings of the upper
class were warmed by hypocausts beneath
the flooring of the rooms. Also there were
baths (supplied by lead pipes), ovens, and
other comforts. Consult Conybeare's Roman
Britain; Haverfield's Roman Britain (1906).
Romans, Epistle to the, the first of the
epistles of St. Paul as they appear in the New

Mussolini Reviewing Troops.

while portions of the city walls and of the
Tower mark the site of the old Roman forti-
fications. But the Silchester relics in the mu-
seum at Reading furnish the best representa-
tion of life in a Roman-British city. The city
was surrounded by a wall nearly two miles in
circumference and nine ft. thick, as well as
by a fosse. Beside the forum stood a large
basilica, 325 ft. in length by 125 ft. in
breadth, and there is also the foundation of
what is believed to have been a Christian
church. Huge wine jars, of a kind used for
holding the vintages of Spain and Italy, am-
phorae, Samian ware, rings, and other person-
al ornaments, and ladies* safety pins, are

Testament. It is addressed to 'all that are in
Rome* and deals chiefly with the problem,
How shall a man become righteous before
God? Paul's answer is: By personal approp-
riation of and surrender to God as manifested
in the perfect yet ever-continuing work of
Jesus Christ—i.e., by faith.

Though the epistle is not a scientific treat-
ise, but a true letter, it is rightly regarded as
one of the fundamental bases of Christian
theology. The Epistle to the Romans was
probably written at Ephesus, shortly after i
and 2 Corinthians (c. 56-58), and was con-
veyed to Rome by Phoebe, a deaconess. Con*
suit numerous Commentaries.