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Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

By Karen Carr|2019-11-03T18:03:15-08:00September 3rd, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome

Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]

Pliny, Trajan, and the Christians

By Karen Carr|2018-04-24T23:10:19-07:00August 23rd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off

The Roman emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117) in the Vatican. By the time that Trajan was the Roman Emperor, around 100 AD, Christianity was definitely illegal. We have some letters written by Pliny, the governor [...]