#roman-empire

#roman-empire

We tend to think of the Roman Empire as having fallen around 476 AD, but had things gone a little differently, it could have come to its end much earlier - before it technically began, in fact. In the year 44 BC, for instance, the assassination of Julius Caesar and the civil wars raging across its territories made it seem as if the founding Roman Republic was about to go down and take Roman civilization with it.

Domination tells the story of how a tiny local cult became one of the greatest cultural and political forces in history. Alice Roberts puts the case that the Roman empire lived on in a different form in the church. It is not an original idea after all the foundation prayer of Christianity says thy Kingdom come but Roberts tells the story from the point of view of individual parishes and even buildings. It's a revelation, like watching those stop-motion films of how a plant grows

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The discovery of a skeleton from a Roman settlement in Britain marks the first direct evidence of a gladiator maimed by a lion, revealing new insights into ancient combat.

In essence, Jesus' entry into Jerusalem was not merely a ceremonial act; it was an audacious demonstration of resistance against the oppressive power of Rome.