Augustus To Constantine by Robert M. Grant - 1970: The Thrust Of The Christian Movement Into The Roman World

This book is in good condition. There is minimal wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There is little bumping and fraying. The previous owner has signed and dated the inside of the front cover board. The pages are yellowing, but they are free from markings.

"The emperor Caesar Augustus died at Nola, north of Mount Vesuvius, on August 19 in the fourteenth year of the Christian era. He was nearly seventy-six years old. During his lifetime and under his guidance the Roman state had been transformed from a republic into a monarchy. In the year of his birth the Roman general Pompey had taken the supposedly impregnable fortress of Jerusalem; by the year 14 it belonged to a province governed by a Roman prefect whose capital was named Caesarea...." - Chapter One from Augustus To Constantine: The Thrust Of The Christian Movement Into The Roman World