Julian the apostate, the last Roman Pagan Emperor had a short reign of less than two years but he made a big splash and is arguably the most well known Emperor of the late Roman period. But various Christian theologians, chroniclers and thinkers would be highly critical of him and his championing of paganism after his death. So this article…
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Aelia Capitolina, the pagan Jerusalem
It’s not commonly known that city of Jerusalem – the centre of Jewish culture and religion was actually rebuilt from scratch during the second century. The city had been completely razed to the ground during the First Jewish-Roman War by Roman forces. But around 60 years later the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered a new city to be built on the…