After the death of her husband, Boudicca is crowned queen of the Iceni tribe. In Roman-occupied Britannia, the idea of a woman ruler is one of weakness, and the Roman tax collector Catus Decianus leads an attack on the tribe’s stronghold, to deadly and personally damaging results. However...
It seems that in this chapter, Moss explained how early Christians faced persecution and suffering as the Romans wanted them to get executed. Going back to the past, it's hard to trust people merely because of the possibilities of traitors constantly looking over their shoulders. 452 Words 2 ...
Once again Mike Cobb has crafted a plausible story with strong characters, a sense of place, and rich historical detail regarding a tragic chapter of my beloved Atlanta’s history – the missing and murdered children from 1979 to 1981.” ~ Lisa Land Cooper, Author and Historian “Mike Cobb’...
If Dualism is true, then the bad Power must be a being who likes badness for its own sake. But in reality we have no experience of anyone liking badness just because it is bad. The nearest we can get to it is in cruelty. But in real life people are cruel for one of two reasons...
I love knowing that the God who made everything from nothing in the physical realm is the One who is conforming me “to the image of his Son” in the spiritual realm (Romans 8:29). I love knowing that the One who will one day make all things new is the One who is transforming me...
As a historian, she decided to follow historic routes whenever she could: the Romans through Europe, Alexander the Great up to the Khyber Pass, the Moghuls in India, and the American pioneers. This means that the past overlays the present throughout the book, making for an interesting contras...
Because that’s how the Romans roll, people. Keep up the good work! Before I launch into today’s festivities, I am pleased to announce a reprieve for those of you who wanted to enter theAuthor! Author! Rings True contest, but have not yet found the time:the deadline ha...
“Romans, but… exiles or strangers or condemned men…, then…, it is not with us that you have a treaty, but with Romans. And as we are strangers and foreigners in relation to the treaty, we will make war on you, unless you obey us in everything” (Volume V, 307-11). A note...
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The book picks up speed and focuses closely on the facts starting with the first chapter. “The Ancient World” chapter opens with the “‘first known victim of assassination’”, or the “Egyptian pharaoh… Teti…” who was “‘murdered by his bodyguards’”. Withington notices that this ...