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Revolt and Destruction of Judea (30 – 70 A. D.)

Judea was destroyed and it’s people were scattered due to revolt in the East. Herod the Great died in the

Jesus of Nazareth, Saviour God of a New Religion (30 A.D.)

Jesus of Nazareth, his life and death, for Romans alive about A.D. 30 was of no significance whatsoever. In the

Arminius, Liberator of Germany (9 A.D.)

By 9 B.C. it seemed that Augustus’ ambition to extend Roman territory to the Elbe had almost been achieved, but

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Life of Jesus Christ (B. C. 6 to 29 A. D.)

ALL THAT is known about Jesus of Nazareth appears in the first four books of the New Testament. These books,

The Resurrection and the Faithful Few A. D. 29 – 35

JESUS lived and died a Jew. Like the ancient Hebrew teachers, he urged people to love God and to love

Paul of Tarsus A. D. 35 – 64

THERE was one man who had more to do with the future of the Christian church than even the apostles

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Attila, The Scourge of God (451 A.D.)

Attila, the “Scourge of God” was the legendary force that — curiously enough — helped to hold the tottering Roman

Old Europe Crumbles (451 – 520 A.D.)

Old Europe crumbles as barbarian waves batter civilizations. Ironically, the victory on the Mauriac Plain sealed the fate both of

St. Benedict’s Rule 520 A.D.

St. Benedict’s monks tried to poison him, on one occasion it is said – and they often disregarded his instructions,

Mythology

Who were the Hellenes?

Theseus and the Minotaur

The Palace of Minos

Helen of Troy

The Wooden Horse

Was there a Trojan War?

The Migration

City-States and Colonies

The Delphic Oracle

The Olympic Games

Sparta

A Spartan grows Up

Athens

Solon

A Tyrant Who Was Not Tyrannical

Athenian Democracy

The Ionian Greeks

Marathon

The Rivals

The Second Persian Invasion

Thermopylae

“Wooden Walls” and Salamis

Aeschylus

Theseus Comes Home

The Confederacy of Delos

The Athenian Empire

Herodotus, The Father of History

The Parthenon

Thucydides

Why Did Athens Fight Sparta

The Peloponnesian War Begins

Athenian Death

Hippocrates and Disease

Pericles Dies

Cleon the Tanner

Peace

Socrates

Alcibiades

Sicily

Hecuba, Queen of Troy

Decelea, a Thorn in the Flesh

Oligarchy and Athens in Defeat

Socrates’ Death

Xenophon

Damocles’ Sword – The Fourth Century

Plato

Alexander of Macedon

Hellenistic Age – Alexandria and Byzantium

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