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True or False
1) House synagogues were used for Jewish worship
niche was carved out of the wall to hold the sacred Torah scrolls.
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2) Divine lineage was claimed by Augustus of
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Primaporta, and is referenced by the small figure of Cupid riding a
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dolphin near his leg in this statue. His family claimed to be descended
from the goddess Venus.
3) Christianity had
arrived in Pompeii and was widely practiced in 50 BCE due to the murals on
the walls of homes showing the rite of Christian baptism by John the
Baptist.
4) The floor plan of Rome’s ancient
Colosseum was actually begun as a single outdoor ampitheatre.
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5) There is an open space at the top of the rotunda of the
Pantheon where both sunshine and rain enter the building and it is called
the oculus.