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It was not merely an empire. It was the world. The Roman Empire. And yet, one evening it was offered up for sale to the highest bidder. What is more, the man who would be emperor by midnight began dinner … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Mann, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Christopher Plummer, Commodus Roman Emperor, cy twombly, Edward Gibbon, Hyperion the satyr, Josephus Flavius, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marcus Aurelius, Tacitus Roman Historian, The Praetorian Guard, Titus and Domitian, Vespasian Emperor
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the temple affair: politics and religion don’t mix
According to the Markan Gospel on its account of the Sanhedrin trial, after failing to get sufficient evidence about the Temple affair the high priest then asked Jesus directly whether he claimed to be the Messiah of Israel: “Are you … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Annas and Caiphas, Caiaphas High Priest, Flavius Josephus, Gospel of Mark, Josephus the Jewish War, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthias Stom, Mihaly Munkacsy, Pontius Pilate, Rossano Gospels, Rossano Manuscript, roy buchanan, Tacitus Roman Historian, Trial of Jesus, Vespasian destruction of the Second Temple, Vespasian Emperor
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