As one author once wrote: “The past is a foreign land, they do things there differently”. This semester I teach a course on the Roman civilization (from the end of the republic up to the “end” of the Western Read more
Christianization of the Roman Empire: Whys and Hows?
One of the most intriguing questions for the historian of early Christianity is the way that Christians conquered the entire Roman Empire. It has to be noted that the new religion started with a dozen people from rural areas Read more
The first Christians and the question of literacy and education?
As one author said, the past is a foreign land, they do things there differently. Reading sources written thousands of years ago always serves as a reminder of how much truth there really is in that statement. One Read more