Introduction to Romans
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A.The living sacrifice (12:1-2)
B.Spiritual gifts in the body of Christ (12:3-8)
C.Christians and non-Christians (12:9-21)
D.The believer’s obligation to the state (13:1-7)
E.The Christian’s motivations (13:8-14)
F.The strong and the weak in the church (14:1-15:13)
VII.Epilogue: Greetings and Travel Plans (15:14-16:27)
A.Paul’s missionary ambitions (15:14-33)
B.Personal greetings (16:1-24)
C.Concluding benediction (16:25-27)
Mythical founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus 753
Rome ruled by seven kings. 753-509
King Tarquin the Proud ousted and the Roman Republic founded 509
Plebian struggle with patricians results in greater voice in the governance of Rome. 494
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, farmer, general, and consul of Rome from 460-438
A Decemviri, committee of ten men, is commissioned to draw up Rome’s first code of law, The Twelve Tables, binding on both patricians and plebeians. 451
The Via Appia, first of an unparalleled system of roads in the ancient world, is begun by Appius Claudius Caecus running in a southwesterly direction out of Rome. 312
Rome gains control of the entire Italian peninsula as a prelude to far greater expansion and a series of wars with other peoples. 275-272
The Romans begin minting coins. 269
The first recorded gladiatorial games in Rome during the funeral of Junius Brutus. Three pairs of gladiators fought to the death. 264
Romans develop the hypocaust, a central heating system, used in large villas and public baths. 85 BC
Julius Caesar is assassinated on March 15, 44 BC
Agrippina, Emperor Claudius’s third wife, brings Seneca out of an eight-year exile on Corsica to be the tutor of her son Nero. 41
Agrippina poisons her husband Claudius; her son Nero becomes emperor of Rome. 54
Octavian (Augustus), Rome’s first emperor 27 BC-AD 14
The birth of Jesus of Nazareth 5 BC
The reign of Tiberius Caesar AD 14-37
Jesus’s trials, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension 33
Saul’s conversion on the Damascus Road October 34
Paul’s letter to the church at Rome written in Corinth 57
Nero blames Christians for the great fire in Rome. 64
Roman Colosseum under construction 70-80