Under Caesars' Shadow

Like ruler, like people! Kings and emperors are conspicuous specimens of the character of their times. They are centers around which revolve the prevailing tastes and passions of men. They also influence and control the minds of their subjects. If we would know the spirit of any period of history, we need only to fix our gaze upon the individuals in power at that time.
If we would ascertain, therefore, what sort of a world it was into which Jesus Christ came; how impossible it was that He s...