We are but of yesterday, and yet we have filled all the places that belong to you - cities, islands, forts, towns, exchanges; the military camps themselves, tribes, town councils, the palace, the senate, the market-place; we have left you nothing but your temples. (Tertullian)

We are but of yesterday, and yet we have filled all the places that belong to you - cities, islands, forts, towns, exchanges; the military camps themselves, tribes, town councils, the palace, the senate, the market-place; we have left you nothing but your temples.

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