The Unlikely Birth of a Global Empire

Jesus was born into a world where success was unlikely for His mission of establishing a worldwide, eternal, holy kingdom. The Roman empire began in 27 B.C. when Octavian was declared first citizen by the Senate. He then was called Augustus, which means venerated, and Caesar, a family name which became synonymous with the title emperor. He conquered many lands and managed an imposing empire. Most people liked him because he established a distribution system for grain from Egypt and built aqueducts and the first amphitheater. It was said that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of...