Early Roman

In this extensive sequel to Science Education in the Early Roman Empire, Dr. Richard Carrier explores the social history of scientists in the Roman era. Was science in decline or experiencing a revival under the Romans? What was an ancient scientist thought to be and do? Who were they, and who funded their research? And how did pagans differ from their Christian peers in their views toward science and scientists?

In this entertaining and enlightening guide, best-selling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character - from emperor to slave girl, gladiator to astrologer, medicine woman to water-clock maker - and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives. 

In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude, and wearing excessive amounts of jewelry...

How did the ancient world shape the rise of Christianity? What political forces, social customs, and philosophical ideas influenced the spread of the gospel? To truly understand the New Testament, one must explore the historical and cultural environment in which it was written. Early Christianity: Exploring Backgrounds, Historical Settings, and Cultures takes readers on a deep and comprehensive journey through the world of the first century. From the turbulent history of Judea under Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman rule to the daily lives of people in the Roman Empire, this book ...

Sir William Mitchell Ramsay was a respected Scottish archaeologist, classical scholar, and New Testament researcher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A careful investigator of the historical and geographical background of the early church, he examined the trustworthiness of the New Testament through archaeology, inscriptions, and the topography of Asia Minor. His works The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament and St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen have helped readers see how archaeological and historical evidence supports the reliability...

The Roman Republic was not designed. It was improvised — by frightened men whose only plan was to build the exact opposite of a king. In 509 BC a group of aristocrats expelled their king and found themselves holding a city with no procedure for running it. What they invented was a reflex, not a constitution: the king had ruled for life, so make the term one year. He had been one man, so make it two. He could not be stopped, so let either man stop the other. Then they handed this deliberately self-obstructing machine to a class of proud, competitive men who had just discovered how much ...

A masterly retelling of Homer’s epic poem 'The Iliad' recreates the age of heroes in this spellbinding introduction to the Greek Classics.

This book welcomes listeners to appreciate the origins of Christianity within the Roman world in which early Christianity got its first foothold. It does that by immersing listeners in the life and culture of two thriving first-century towns—Pompeii and Herculaneum. Those towns (destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE) act as showpieces of the world into which the early Christian movement was spreading.

A golden voice unpacks Paul’s greatest letter—with power, precision, and pastoral insight. In his Homilies on Romans, John Chrysostom opens Paul’s most challenging epistle to ordinary believers, showing how its doctrine leads directly to repentance, transformation, and faith. • Follow Chrysostom’s verse-by-verse journey through Paul’s argument on sin, grace, and justification • See how the early Church understood the gospel as both truth and moral renewal • Encounter one of Christianity’s greatest preachers interpreting Scripture for everyday life • Read the classic NPNF...

On Christmas Day in the year 800, a Frankish warlord knelt in a Roman church and stood up an emperor. The empire he claimed had been dead for three centuries. The idea he revived would outlive him by a thousand years. Charlemagne could barely write his own name. He spent most of his life on horseback, fighting a brutal thirty-year war against the Saxons that included the mass killing at Verden. He buried sons, watched a rearguard die at Roncesvalles, and ruled a sprawling realm with almost no bureaucracy, no standing capital, and no money economy worth the name. And yet, by the time he died...

History of Paul the Apostle The Man With Two Names A Cinematic Novel of Faith, Fire, and the Birth of the Church Before he was Paul, he was Saul — feared, brilliant, relentless. Before Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, it survived fire, betrayal, and quiet compromise. And before history remembered the apostle Paul as a towering figure of faith, two men carried the truth through shadows: the persecutor who became a witness, and the physician who refused to let memory be erased. History of Paul the Apostle: The Man With Two Names is a sweeping, edge-of-your-seat historical novel ...

Beginning with Charlemagne, the great and educated king who would serve as an inspiration for world leaders from Frederick II to Adolf Hitler, the Holy Roman Empire’s intricate ties with the Roman Catholic Church would provide for plenty of excitement and drama in its early years. However, as the empire staggered through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, it would eventually be forced to declare its allegiance with a new way of thinking: Protestantism.

2025 Christy Award winner for Historical Romance! Once she denied everything she believed in. Now she’d give anything to choose differently. But in the shadow of the Roman Empire’s persecution and the shame of her past, she fears that what she wants most will be forever out of reach. Eastern...

Throughout the Roman Empire cities held public speeches and lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state. There even existed something equivalent to universities, and medical and engineering schools. What were they like? What did they teach? Who got to attend them? In the first treatment of this subject ever published, Dr. Richard Carrier answers all these questions and more.

Appian of Alexander was a Greek historian who lived at the height of the Roman Empire during the first half of the 2nd century AD, having been born around AD 95 and died about AD 165. Very little is known about him beyond what he reveals about himself, along with the fact that he lived in Alexandria. He was a Roman citizen and held several senior-level public offices, both in Alexandria and in Rome.

The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home – but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War. A sequel to Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff’s retelling of The Odyssey transforms Homer’s complex epic poem into a traveller’s tale with a cast of men, magicians and monsters: the flesh-eating Cyclops, the deadly enchantment of Circe and Odysseus’s battle to regain his wife and long-lost kingdom.

Unlock the Untold Stories of Christianity’s Early Giants Step into the world of the early Church, where two men—John Chrysostom and Ambrose of Milan—rose from humble beginnings to become pillars of faith and influence. Antioch to Milan: The Influence of John Chrysostom & Ambrose offers you an unparalleled journey through their lives, revealing the profound impact they had on the shaping of Western Christianity. Discover the Power of Rhetoric: John Chrysostom, the “Golden Mouth,” captivated the hearts of his followers and challenged the might of emperors. His sermons, full of moral...

Discover the Holy Roman Empire: The Empire That Shaped Modern EuropeStep into the fascinating story of the Holy Roman Empire, a powerful force that connected the old world to the new. This audiobook shows how the empire's impact is still felt today, from the battles of World War I to the ideas behind Nazi Germany. Learn about the empire's rise to power and the rulers who changed history.

Jesus asked his heavenly Father to make his followers completely one “so that the world may know that you have sent me.” (John 17:20-23). The Father granted his Son’s prayer. The history of the Church records how Christians, in unity, have recounted the Lord’s teachings, passion, and resurrection, celebrated the holy sacraments instituted by Christ, and made disciples of all peoples. In fact, the unity of the Church offers a compelling witness to the truth of the gospel. Reflecting on the amazing survival and expansion of the early Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD), ...

The stones of Jerusalem are falling, but the true war for the soul of the early church has just begun. It is the Year of the Four Emperors. The Roman Empire is tearing itself apart, and the legions of Titus and Vespasian have surrounded Jerusalem. From the safety of the Decapolis, the exiled elder Simeon watches as the holy city and the great Temple are reduced to ash. The physical destruction of the Old Covenant is absolute, but the vacuum left behind is terrifying. With the earthly priesthood gone, a new, insidious threat rises not from pagan magistrates, but from within the brotherhood ...