Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies ... It also held Jewish holy scriptures and documents. Outside was the temple square – this was a ...

One of the farthest corners of the Roman Empire, Judaea was a land of ancient ... and synagogues of some of his country’s poorest people. This message announced that there was a kingdom greater ...

They had jobs such as: Historians estimate that up to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire were enslaved people. They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to ...