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Bronze of Constantine’s head, Capitoline Museum, Rome. (Author photo) In my last two books, JULIA PRIMA and EXSILIUM, I’ve taken a risk. A big risk. I’ve highlighted a very different side to the early Christians, one which many people may not have heard of. The late 4th century was a massive turning point, […] British Museum display (Author photo) Probably because of various Hollywood films, it’s “general knowledge” that those nasty Romans spent all their time killing Christians. Well, no… Romans, for the most part, were comparatively tolerant in matters of religious belief and allowed countless religious sects, cults, saviours and redeemers to proselytise without restrictions. Most […] 
I expect we can all name a number of famous exiles without too much bother – Napoleon Bonaparte, Leon Trotsky, Benazir Bhutto, Roman poet Ovid, Marlene Dietrich, Aristotle, the von Trapp family, Albert Einstein, to name but a few. Exile is essentially a separation from your homeland and can be temporary or permanent. Sometimes […] |
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