Athens, and finally in Rome itself, and Christian churches began to spring up. Some of Paul's letters to the churches he founded were widely circulated. There were also four accounts in Greek of the life and teachings of Jesus that came to be regarded as authoritative. These were the four Gospels, which, with Paul's letters and some other early Christian writings, were brought
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ROMAN BRIDGE AND AQUEDUCT AT NIMES, FRANCE
This structure was built by the Romans about A.D. 20 to supply the Roman colony of Nemausus (now called Nimes) in southern France with water from two excellent springs twenty-five miles distant. It is nearly nine hundred feet long and one hundred and sixty feet high, and carried the water over the valley of the river Card. The channel for the water is at the very top, and one can still walk through it. The miles of aqueduct on either side of this bridge and leading to it have almost disappeared
together to form the New Testament. As time passed, increasing numbers learned of the teachings of Jesus and found joy in the hopes they awakened.
268. Roman Persecution of the Early Christians. These early Christians, like the Jews, not only refused to sacrifice to the emperor as a god, as all good Roman citizens were expected to do, but openly prophesied the downfall of the Roman State. While the Roman government was usually very tolerant in matters of religion, the Christians were therefore frequently called upon to
