Year: 2011

Roman Policy towards the Jews: Expulsions from the City of Rome during the First Century C.E. By Leonard Victor Rutgers Classical Antiquity, Vol. 13, No. 1 (1994) Introduction: In this article I… [continue reading]

Dating Christmas By Andrew McGowan Originally published as “How December 25th Became Christmas,” Bible Review Vol.18:6 (2002) Introduction: Where did Christmas come from? Many have heard the explanation that Christians appropriated a pagan festival, date and customs… [continue reading]

Athenian Terms of Civic Praise in the 330s: Aeschines vs. Demosthenes By Brad L. Cook Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, Vol.49:1 (2009) Introduction: In 336 B.C., when Ctesiphon moved to crown Demosthenes, he included… [continue reading]

Sol Invictus, the Winter Solstice, and the Origins of Christmas By Steven Hijmans Mouseion, Number 47 (2003) Introduction: It is well known that we do not know the exact date of the birth of Jesus Christ. In most churches December… [continue reading]

The separateness of Christians in their interaction with the public life of Imperial Romans, AD 50-313 By Diana Valerie Clark PhD Dissertation, University of Johannesburg, 2008 Abstract… [continue reading]

The Twilight of Judah: In the Egyptian-Babylonian Maelstrom By A. Malamat Vetus Testamentum, Vol.28 (1975) Introduction:The late seventh century B.C., noted for its reshufflings in the international political sphere, saw the collapse… [continue reading]

The Athenian Plague By Markus Asper Published Online, 2008 Introduction: During the years 430-426/5 BCE, a plague afflicted the city of Athens. At that time, Athens had just entered upon a three-decade war with her arch-enemy, Sparta, and her allies. Because of Spartan… [continue reading]

Ethics in Ancient India By John Bussanich Grundlagen der Antiken Ethik / Foundations of Ancient Ethics, ed. J. Hardy and G. Rudebusch, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht (V & R Unipress Gmbh, 2010) Introduction: Ancient India is rich with reflection on perennial ethical… [continue reading]

Science, Egypt, and Escapism in Lucan By Jonathan Edward Tracy PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 2009 Abstract: This dissertation seeks to demonstrate Lucan’s profound engagement and conflict with two ancient intellectual and literary traditions… [continue reading]

Researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they have found further proof that the wolf ancestors of today’s domesticated dogs can be traced to southern East Asia — findings that run counter to theories placing the cradle… [continue reading]