Nero

Mainland, Greece became a Roman province and for the third time the Dionysus theater in Athens was fundamentally renovated. This time by Roman emperor Nero in 61 AD. Striking differences with the Hellenistic style is the lowered stage with enlarged surface, and a larger skene. The orchestra was surrounded by a stone barricade in order to protect the spectators (from gladiatorial combats). The skene was…

The Lost letters of Pergamum This book is a series of letters from the apostle Luke converting a roman nobleman named Antipas. Calpurnius is a very smart man who is also a nobleman and also a very good friend to Antipas. Luke who we do not see until collection three, this is the Luke we know that wrote the book of Luke and acts who was one of the twelve apostles. Everything that we have already learned about Luke him being a doctor and everything else is what we know about Luke. Antipas is a…

others wanted it completely gone. The overlooked Emperor Claudius was the first to have strong opinions towards Christianity. Claudius prosecuted Christians, but he never did it legally. The first Emperor to officially make Christianity illegal was Nero in 64 AD. This lasted for 4 years until he died. After his reign the emperors; Domitian, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Septimius Severus, Decius, Valerian all prosecuted Christians. Until in 313 AD when the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal;…

One of the major philosophers from late antiquity is St. Paul, an apostle of Jesus and leader of the early Christian church. He was once known as Saul of Tarsus, and used his background as a Jew and Roman citizen to evangelize to all citizens in Jewish cultures within Roman cities when he became one of the most important writers in scripture and in Church tradition. In his time after Jesus’ death, he ministered to many church communities he formed in Europe and what was then Asia Minor through…

The book of Acts has always been a favourite to read. It gives a detailed picture of the origin of the early church, the spread of the gospel into the world which in turn was the beginning of the Christian faith. The authorship of the book of Acts has always been debated and tested, but it is generally agreed that the author of Acts is the same person who wrote the third gospel. It is commonly known that Acts is a sequel to the third gospel, referred to as the ‘first book’. The author is…

Constantine was one of the greatest emperors during the time of the Roman Empire. Christianity helped the Roman empire from not collapsing and Constantine found a way to improve both Christianity and Rome. Christianity took the blame for all problems the empire faced, Constantine was a great ruler and was the reason Rome was saved, and Constantine brought Rome and Christianity together by making it the religion of Rome. This allowed Rome to flourish and it is credited to Constantine and…

It was renamed the "Colosseum" due to the statue of Nero, which was nearby and called the "Colossus." (Poma, 2015) Before the Colosseum was constructed, the site used to be the artificial lake and gardens of Emperor Nero's Golden House, which was the centrepiece of that palace. Emperor Vespasian was the…

The Evaluation of Deceitful Appraises Jones Howard The Declaration Of Independence: Critiques The Declaration of Independence was presented in 1776 by American colonies that believed King George as a tyranny, cruel and took away as far as to their “unalienable rights” [1]. While the Declaration of Independence was mainly divided into five parts: exordium, indictment of King (26), the statement of a general political theory to which appeal is made, resume of 161 words of legal resources, and…

The nature of authority went through a gradual transformation from the beginnings of Western civilization to the early modern period. These changes occurred through many centuries of European history in how authority was exercised, its centralization, and the way that people would not tolerate tyrannical authority, and these are manifested through several specific instances. History is often said to repeat itself, and as members of society it’s important to reflect on the plasticity of authority…

Ethos At Work With King A Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, and later became known as an influential activist for civil rights. Inspired by Mahatma Ghandi, King fought for equality for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victims of injustice through peaceful protest. He was the driving force behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil…