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May 4, 2024 · As it happens, however, during Paul’s second missionary journey, dated ca. AD 50, we get a particular mention of Bithynia. That reference, along with an intriguing and seemingly unrelated story that follows, provides us with intriguing bread crumbs to present a possible reconstruction of the events that led to the rise of the first Christian community in the Roman province of Bithynia.
4 days ago · The growth of Christianity from its obscure origin c. 40 AD, with fewer than 1,000 followers, to being the majority religion of the entire Roman Empire by AD 400, has been examined through a wide variety of historiographical approaches. Until the last decades of the 20th century, the primary theory was provided by Edward Gibbon in The History ...
May 18, 2024 · Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centered on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 BCE following the demise of the Roman Republic and continuing to the final eclipse of the empire in the West in the 5th century CE. Learn more about the Roman Empire in this article.
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May 2, 2024 · The Empire of Trebizond was the strongest of all, founded by Alexios II Komnenos and David Komnenos, grandsons of Andronikos I Komnenos. The borders of the new empire were restricted to a narrow strip of land along the southeast coast of the Black Sea and was isolated from Constantinople. Under the rule of the Grand Komnenoi, the empire of ...
May 20, 2024 · Over centuries, Roman emperors left the imprints of their power and wealth, bringing Rome’s identity to whichever territory they had conquered by building monumental structures and cities. In this article, I will take you on a journey across this ancient empire, exploring 30 of the most impressive Roman sites and structures still standing today.
May 22, 2024 · The concept of power without end, in the temporal and territorial sense, was not ingrained in the Roman psyche from the very beginning of Rome. This idea came later, under the first emperor Augustus. Endless conquest was promoted by Virgil in his Aeneid, in which he describes how Jupiter promised Rome imperium sine fine.
May 18, 2024 · Constantine I (born February 27, after 280 ce?, Naissus, Moesia [now Niš, Serbia]—died May 22, 337, Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia [now İzmit, Turkey]) was the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity.
