Of all the ‘what ifs’ of history, the death of Emperor Julian in AD 363 has to be one of the most intriguing. He rejected Christianity, demoted its by then prominent place in the Roman state and promoted Neoplatonic Hellenism in its place. His aim was to reduce Christianity to one of many also-ran eastern […]
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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 […]
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Rome, September AD 392
[Lucius Apulius narrates. It’s dawn and he’s going to wish his friend and brother in arms, Gaius Mitelus, a good journey as Gaius goes off to join the rival emperor Eugenius’s forces.]
The Mitelus domus wasn’t far away, perched on the summit of the Mons Cispius, part […]
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