Showing posts with label the Roman Empire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Roman Empire. Show all posts
Monday, April 24, 2023

A review of “Great Epochs of European Art: Art of the Ancient Greeks & Romans”

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The difficulties of learning about Greek and Roman art from textbooks For many years now, I’ve been interested in Ancient Greece and Rome . ...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Reflections on learning about early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

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“Typically, Jewish history and Christian history are taught by different teachers; they are even considered different disciplines. As Oxford...
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Sunday, August 28, 2022

A review of “St. Augustine” (audiobook)

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In the fourth century CE, the  Roman emperor Constantine  converted to  Christianity , causing many of his subjects to follow his lead in th...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022

A review of “The Germanic Tribes”

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Warning: This blog post contains a picture of an actual human skull from centuries ago. What is this film about, and why should I care about...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Some thoughts about classical education

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“[Chaerephon] went to Delphi and boldly asked the oracle to tell him … whether anyone was wiser than I was, and the Pythian prophetess ans...
Friday, May 29, 2020

A review of “Byzantium: The Lost Empire” (The Learning Channel)

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Also known as the “Eastern Roman Empire,” which lasted about a thousand years longer than the better-known “Western Roman Empire.” The R...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

A review of Dan Snow’s “How the Celts Saved Britain” (BBC)

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Every year on the 17th of March, Christians around the world celebrate “St. Patrick’s Day,” particularly if they are of  Irish  descent. ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

A review of “Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine”

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“And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” - The New Testament, “The Acts of the Apostles,” Chapter 11, Verse 26 (as ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

A review of “Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire” (History Channel)

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Note: This is a different series from  “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” (which is made by the BBC). There aren't too m...
Friday, August 24, 2018

A review of “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” (BBC)

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Not to be confused with “Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire” (by the History Channel). “Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire” is n...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

A review of “The Roman Empire in the First Century” (PBS Empires)

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“And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus , that all the world should be taxed.” - The New Te...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Where do I find Latin and Greek works in the original?

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You might try the Loeb Classical Library , described at Wikipedia here and found at this website here . (The rest of this post is about h...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Falling in love with Classics: How I rediscovered Ancient Greece and Rome

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"Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans , and of the Stoicks , encountered him [Paul]. And some said, What will this babbler say...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Rome

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"The great historian Edward Gibbon was right when he said that the story of the fall of the Empire was ' simple and obvious '...