This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Rome’s Border Wars Leads to Social Unrest.IntroductionWhen wars and
Rome’s First Conquests
Today's installment concludes The Foundation of Rome,our selection from Roman History by Barthold Georg Niebuhr published in 1848. For works
Polycarp Amen
Today's installment concludes Early Christian Martyrs,the name of our combined selection from Homersham Cox and Polycarp. The concluding
Not that Epistle to Phillipians
Into which many desire to enter; knowing that by grace ye are saved; not by works, but by the will of God through Jesus Christ.Continuing Early
Two Speeches to the Roman Senate
Of course the man who could thus tell the Roman senate and people that all that they held sacred was unspeakably and hideously wicked could expect but
Death of Polycarp
According to the horrid custom of the times the executioners were about to fasten his hands to the stake by spikes, when he begged that he might be
Early Christian Martyrs
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Irenaeus Observations.The Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, who died A.D.
Petrarch Pioneers New Poetry
Appreciation of nature inspired Petrarch to pioneer a new poetry. All this is genuine modern enjoyment, not a reflection of antiquity.Today's
Petrarch Climbs the Mountain
The ascent of a mountain for its own sake was unheard of, and there could be no thought of the companionship of friends or acquaintances.Modern