Texts in Context: The Pax Romana
Texts in ContextThe Pax Romana By Gabriel Blanchard “Behold, I Tell You a Mystery” The Divine Logos Naturally it is impossible, in a format like this, to write […]
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Texts in Context: The Realm of the Second Temple
Texts in Context:The Realm of the Second Temple By Gabriel Blanchard Persia, Macedon, Seleucia, Egypt, and Rome strove for the empire of the earth; but one little province
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Texts in Context: The Roman Revolution
Texts in Context:The Roman Revolution By Gabriel Blanchard Rome had forever forsworn kings; she had reconciled the Orders; she had defeated her ghoulish rival Carthage. What remained, for
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Texts in Context: Punic Wars on Purple Seas
The conflict of the Roman orders had ended; the conflict that created the “Roman world” was about to begin.
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Texts in Context: Senatus Populusque Romanus
Rome had rid herself of kings. Ridding herself of tyrants was another matter.
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Texts in Context: The Seven Kings of Rome
Texts in Context:The Seven Kings of Rome By Gabriel Blanchard All roads lead to Rome, they say, and the student of its history is apt to retort that
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Texts in Context: Hellenistic Religion
Texts in Context:Hellenistic Religion By Gabriel Blanchard We here take final look over the Hellenistic age, focusing on the religious atmosphere between Alexander and Actium. 5. Hellenistic Religion:
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Texts in Context: Just What Was the Hellenistic Period?
As Dickens put it: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. At least, one assumes it could have been someone’s best of times; we know more about the other one.
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Texts in Context: Aristotle and Alexander
In less than twenty years, Alexander the Great transfigured the world and its future.
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Texts in Context: The Legacy of Socrates
Death is normally the end of a person’s story; but for a small handful of figures, Socrates among them, things only get more interesting afterwards.
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