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151. After annexation by the Romans in A. D. 106, the city—once a hub of commerce—became less important as trade routes developed along the Red Sea and Nile River.

152. Responsible people are those who know about God. They "shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ ... that each of us shall give account of himself to God" (Romans 14:10,12).

153. It was clear from the accounts of the historian Pliny(23-79 A. D. ) that the Romans also possessed burning-glasses.

154. King Herod was appointed by the Romans as a king.

155. Porta Nigra of Trier. This gate dates back to about A . D . 180 built by the Romans.

156. By chance the book beside him fell open to St. Paul's warning to the Romans.

157. Dover Castle was originally a fort, built by the Celts. Then the Romans built a lighthouse, which you can still visit. Later, Bishop Odo of Bayeus built the great DoverCastle.

158. In the Romans and both Galatian commentaries he spells out the theological reason for viewing man in his entire being as either flesh or spirit, trusting in self or trusting in God.

159. By keeping women under the household of the men of their original family, the upper-class Romans tried to balance these different households in size and importance.

160. Chosen from noble families before they reached the age of 10, the six Vestal Virgins were honored and revered by the Romans.

161. Manganese has also long been related to glass-making. The Egyptians and the Romans used manganese ore either to decolorize glass or to give it pink, purple and black tints.

162. The Romans may have done much for us - but they left a very dark secret in the Home Counties.

163. Classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans. Sentencedict.com

164. Paul also realizes that his Roman citizenship may offer him some protection, because Romans are protected by their legal system from false imprisonment and illegal whippings .

165. Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

166. when the temple of Jerusalem was destroyed and Jerusalem was overrun by the Romans.

167. But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily?

168. Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess.

169. "Romans" were used to write popular stories involving chivalric or courtly love, and such tales became known as romances.

170. The Romans civilized many of the tribes of northern Europe.

171. Romans encountered worship of the deity Mithras as part of Zoroastrianism in the eastern provinces of the empire, particularly in Asia Minor (now modern Turkey).

172. A trickier revision for readers involves Paul's Letter to the Romans, forever a key Christian text on sin and Christ's salvific grace.

173. The ancient Romans held year-end celebrations to honor Saturn( the harvest god) and Mithras( the god of light).

174. Inhabited since prehistoric times, the city became a thriving commercial center under the Romans and was a Saracen stronghold during the Crusades.

175. The Romans decided against seeking peace, and in 275 BC defeated Pyrrhus at Beneventum.

176. Grafting of root stocks with named scion cultivars was well understood by the Romans.

177. The Romans founded a great city on the banks of this fiver.

178. The Greeks perceived the advantages of central heating, but it was the Romans who became the supreme heating engineers of the ancient world with their hypocaust system.

179. The Romans did not trust ground water since it was usually contaminated.

180. The island is oneof the four major Balearic Islands—the others are Menorca, Ibiza, and Formentera—and it was colonized by the Romans in the secondcentury B.C.