1. Unknown Territories
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    Originally posted by DeepThought
    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.
    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.
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    Originally posted by FreakyKBH
    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.
    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
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    27 Jan '15 14:49
    Originally posted by DeepThought
    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
    Thanks for the link.
    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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    27 Jan '15 16:45
    Originally posted by FreakyKBH
    Thanks for the link.
    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!
    I know little about Epicurus, other than recognising the name, so it will be interesting for me. I look forward to it.
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    31 Jan '15 11:121 edit
    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

    http://www.passguide.com]70-483
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