One of the later Latin poets of the Empire, Ausonius’ expansive body of work gives us a window into the changing world of fourth-century Roman culture.
Episode 94 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-094/
Episode 94 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-094-ausonius
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Sulpicius Severus’ (c. 363-425) life of St. Martin is one of the great hagiographies – a portrait of a timeless saint, but also of a human being and working bishop.
Episode 93 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-093/
Episode 93 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-093-severus-life-of-st-martin
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNRs8hLcUM
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Athanasius (c. 297-373) wrote a wildly popular biography of the desert hermit St. Anthony, touting the ideals of asceticism and triumph over demonic temptation.
Episode 92 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-092/
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https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-092-athanasius-life-of-antony
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In Carthage, in 203 CE, a Roman noblewoman and her retinue were butchered in an amphitheater. Learn her story, and the earliest history of Christian martyrs.
Episode 91 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-091/
Episode 91 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-091-the-passion-of-perpetua
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv7pZLqV5zk
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Learn the documentary history behind how the Catholic Church was founded and set up as an organization, together with some of the works of the earliest church fathers.
Episode 90 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-090/
Episode 90 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-090-ante-nicene-catholicism
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ai9nKRy7lc
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Heliodorus of Emesa (3rd/4th century CE) wrote the longest novel to have survived from antiquity, an adventurous romance that reemerged into Europe in the 1500s.
Episode 89 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-089/
Episode 89 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-089-the-aethiopica-of-heliodorus
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2stXERdUMhY
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Great Anthology of Ancient Greek Fiction:
B.P. Reardon's Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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In roughly the 160s CE, the Greek satirist Lucian of Samosata wrote A True Story, one of history’s earliest surviving novels, with strong tinges of what we’d call science fiction.
Episode 88 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-088/
Episode 88 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-088-ancient-greek-sci-fi
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH2nNnkYICE
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The satirist Lucian (c. 125-180) was popular in his own time and during the Renaissance, among other things probably being the first author of science fiction.
Episode 87 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-087/
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https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-087-lucian-of-samosata
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Once pervasively described as a period of fall and decline, today Late Antiquity is often understood as a period of cultural flowering and economic revolution.
Episode 86 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-086/
Episode 86 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-086-intro-to-late-antiquity
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnDhBOPfW-Q
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A primer on Biblical canon formation, retrospective on what we’ve covered so far, and introduction to the upcoming season.
Episode 85 Quiz:
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-085
Episode 85 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-085-river
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After 300 CE, Manichaeism spread quickly from its origins in modern day Iraq and Iran. Recent archaeological discoveries have finally allowed us to learn about it firsthand.
Episode 84 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-084/
Episode 84 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-084-manichaeism
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVHB2ALuKGw
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The Nag Hammadi Library, Codex Tchacos, and Berlin Codex, as they came to light in the twentieth century, radically changed our understanding of early Christianity.
Episode 83 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-083/
Episode 83 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-083-gnosticism
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wj0NRDRiZk
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HarperOne Nag Hammadi Scriptures https://harperone.com/9780061626005/the-nag-hammadi-scriptures/
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Learn the basic tenets and early history of Zoroastrianism, one of the most important and widespread religions in the ancient world, and possibly earth’s oldest living monotheism.
Episode 82 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-082/
Episode 82 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-082-zoroastrianism
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVWusBEJv9E
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One of the most spectacular pieces of writing in the world’s religious texts, Revelation influenced generations of writers and theologians.
Episode 81 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-081/
Episode 81 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-081-revelation
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tWGEcZW_tM
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The later epistles of the New Testament show early Christian theology expanding and evolving in the ancient Mediterranean.
Episode 80 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-080/
Episode 80 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-080-the-general-epistles
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Possibly the most influential theologian in history, Paul codified and clarified Christianity as it emerged into the diverse world of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Episode 79 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-079/
Episode 79 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-079-the-pauline-epistles
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The story of Christianity’s first missionaries is a sweeping , intercontinental narrative, filled with danger, strange encounters, and the hope for a better future.
Episode 78 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-078/
Episode 78 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-078-the-book-of-acts
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFkAys_DsbY
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the heart of the New Testament. And today, historians and Biblical scholars know more about them than ever before.
Episode 77 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-077/
Episode 77 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-077-the-gospels
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t16jixyX8zU
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The Roman client king Herod (c. 73-4 BCE) ruled Judea for thirty years. Learn about his rule, and the political and religious climate of Judea just before the birth of Christ.
Episode 76 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-076/
Episode 76 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-076-judea-under-herod
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A retrospective on the material we’ve covered thus far as we head into Early Christianity and Late Antiquity, plus some announcements.
Episode 75 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-075/
Episode 75 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-075-dusk-and-starlight
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Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations shows an intelligent emperor coping with the realities of an empire buckling under its own weight.
Episode 74 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-074/
Episode 74 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-074-marcus-aurelius
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Apuleius’ The Golden Ass is Ancient Rome’s only novel to survive in full – a strange, often disturbing fairytale that had a huge influence on posterity.
Episode 73 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-073/
Episode 73 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-073-the-golden-ass
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGKpv3xws8E
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Juvenal’s Satires, produced some time in the decades around 100 CE, mercilessly mock some of the more colorful aspects of Roman life.
Episode 72 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-072/
Episode 72 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-072-bread-and-circuses
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-4WYv5JIVU
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Statius’ Thebaid, Books 7-12. Six hundred years after Aeschylus, Statius once again brought the Theban epic to a thunderous conclusion.
Episode 71 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-071/
Episode 71 Transcription:
https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-071-the-gods-depart
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Statius’ Thebaid, Books 1-6. This epic is hardly ever read or taught these days, but in 100 CE, it was as famous as anything in the Roman world.
Episode 70 Quiz
https://literatureandhistory.com/quiz-070/
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https://literatureandhistory.com/episode-070-romes-forgotten-epic
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