Originally posted by DeepThoughtYou are correct; my mistake.
Claudius didn't expel Christians from Rome he expelled Jews who were rioting at the instigation of "Chrestus". Chrestus could either be a misspelling of Christ or it could mean a "good" slave. It's very unlikely that there will be any references to Christianity in that library. It really won't have impinged on mainstream Roman thinking by then. At th ...[text shortened]... mation pertinent to Christianity from before 79 A.D. would be in Israel or Rome not Herculaneum.
It was the Jews who were expelled by Claudius, not the early Christians, as mentioned.
Haste makes waste.
As stated, it would be neither surprising nor shocking either way.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHBy a fluke I'm reading Tacitus' Annals at the moment [1], which is also available for download as a complete document here [2].
You are correct; my mistake.
It was the Jews who were expelled by Claudius, not the early Christians, as mentioned.
Haste makes waste.
As stated, it would be neither surprising nor shocking either way.
[1] http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
[2] http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html
Originally posted by DeepThoughtThanks for the link.
By a fluke I'm reading Tacitus' Annals at the moment [1], which is also available for download as a complete document here [2].
[1] http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
[2] http://classics.mit.edu/Tacitus/annals.html
I'll check it out.
I'll be posting something here later related to Epicurus that I've been chewing on lately, if you're interested!
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ewly developed software technology may unlock the previously unreadable scrolls from what most likely was the library of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, the father-in-law of Julius Caesar.
Contemporary with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, one wonders what will be revealed in the 2000 year old docume
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