This poem is inspired by recent research, which has found that climate change likely triggered pandemics in antiquity.

The Fevered Climate

Clash mythique entre deux générations, entre deux philosophies de vies, entre deux légendes... Choisissez votre camp !

Empire Contre Quoicoubeh

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The most massive and momentous manuscript discovery of modern times, the Dead Sea Scrolls blew the lid off of the long-mysterious world of messianic and apocalyptic ferment before the destruction of the Second Temple—yet it took decades of conflict and struggle to bring them to public light.  We trace why the scrolls became the object of a long international struggle, what they actually say, and what they reveal about the roots of the Bible, Christianity, and modern Judaism.

Suggested further reading:  Lim, “The Dead Sea Scrolls:  A Very Short Introduction”;  Collins, “The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography”;  Shanks, ed., “Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader from the Biblical Archaeology Review”;  Eisenman & Wise, “The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered”;  Wise, Abegg, & Cook, eds., “The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation.”

Image:  The Great Isaiah Scroll from Cave 1 as displayed in the Shrine of the Book

Teaser:  Doorways in Time, pt. 8 -- The Dead Sea Scrolls

Γεννήθηκε με το όνομα Γάιος Οκτάβιος Θουρινός. Υιοθετήθηκε από τον Ιούλιο Καίσαρα και πήρε το όνομα του. Ωστόσο, για να μην τον μπερδεύουν με τον θείο του, τον είπαν Οκταβιανό. Συνέχισε, όμως, να αλλάζει ονόματα και κατέληξε να τον αποκαλούν Αύγουστο. Μετά το θάνατο του Ιούλιου Καίσαρα, ο Αύγουστος διεκδίκησε την εξουσία της Ρώμης με τον Μάρκο Αντόνιο και κατόρθωσε να γίνει ο πρώτος Ρωμαίος αυτοκράτορας.

Archaeostoryteller

Αύγουστος, ο φιλάσθενος που κέρδισε τον κόσμο

Jeremy Ryan Slate returns to give us a deep dive on the Roman Empire. He discusses the recent "thinking about the Roman Empire" meme and his going viral as a guest on many podcasts to cover the subject. He gives a broad overview of Rome from start to finish, explaining how Rome has had such an impact on our modern society and what lessons we can pull from it today as our American Empire shows similar signs of decline.

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About Jeremy Ryan Slate
Jeremy Ryan Slate is the host of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world, as well as the CEO of Command Your Brand. He holds a degree from Seton Hall University in Catholic theology and World Religions, with a concentration in Judaism.

Jeremy studied Catholic literature at Oxford University, as well as holding a Master’s in Roman Emperor Worship from Seton Hall University. His podcast was named the #1 Podcast to Listen To by INC Magazine, as well as Top 40 Under 40 by Podcast Magazine.

He’s the author of the best-selling book Unremarkable to Extraordinary: Ignite Your Passion to Go From Passive Observer to Creator of Your Own Life; in addition to his new book Command Your Brand: Grow Your Impact, Income and Influence in the New Media Landscape.

Jeremy and his wife, Brielle, co-founded Command Your Brand—a new media public relations agency designed to help entrepreneurs share their message by appearing as podcast guests. He resides in Stillwater, NJ where he raises chickens and is a former competitive powerlifter.

*Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Jeremy Ryan Slate: Thinking About the Roman Empire #455

'Pacy, witty and authoritative' Jonathan Freedland

'In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern… a powerful and important book' Daily Telegraph 

 A superb and illuminating history of Imperial Rome's most important women – dispelling the myths and misogyny that have distorted their reputations for over 2000 years.

Writer, activist and journalist Joan Smith has worked for years to raise awareness of violence against women and girls, and has been instrumental in bringing the innate misogyny of the police to public attention. Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac reinterprets the bloody, violent story of twenty-three women closely associated with the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome. Fewer than half a dozen of them can be said with any confidence to have died of natural causes.

These were the wives, mothers and daughters of the emperors from Augustus to Nero, via their ‘mad’ relative Caligula. They were the most privileged women of their time, but their lives were overshadowed, dominated and controlled by these men. Raped, killed, ripped apart from their children and mostly airbrushed from history, Joan Smith brings their extraordinary and tragic stories back into focus. There are no nymphomaniacs here.

Instead, the book pieces together the human stories, showing how they struggled for control of their lives at a time when both the law and culture were stacked against them. These women shared in a spirited, inspiring and sometimes reckless resistance to male authority.

Smith brings to this history not only a fresh interpretation of the original texts but also an understanding of what we know now about the mechanics of domestic abuse. The way these women have been misrepresented for two thousand years speaks volumes not just about ancient misogyny but the origin and persistence of attitudes that continue to blight women’s lives today.

Unfortunately, She was a Nymphomaniac: A New History of Rome's Imperial Women, By Joan Smith, Read by Joan Walker

We trace the tortuous path by which a scattering of villages in a marshy lagoon, founded by refugees from violence and political breakdown, forged their own stable and cohesive independent republic which would last for a thousand years, and with it a splendrous city where East and West mingled, a sprawling trade network linking Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and finally a waterborne empire that was the forerunner of the modern European colonial states.
Image: Detail of a woodcut illustration showing a view of Venice, by Reuwich & Schoffer, 1486.
Suggested Further Reading: Morris, "The Venetian Empire: A Sea Voyage"; Madden, "Venice: A New History"; Ferrarro, "Venice: A History of the Floating City."
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The Impossible City: The History of Venice -- pt. 1: From Asylum to Empire

Downstream: What the Roman Empire Tells Us About the Collapse of the West W/ Peter Heather and John Rapley

Caligula

WHO or WHAT is this “beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition”? – Revelation 13 and 17.

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Music:
Stasis (music for Space) - Sondre Drakensson
Space Ambience ... (slowed) - Nova Sound Technology
Dreams Before The Flood.flac - Zimbot
Enigmatic Soundscape - LolaMoore
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beast screaming roaring blaring lower pitch - bulbastre

Who Or What Is the BEAST That Rises Up Out of the Sea? - (Audio Booklet)

You should not ask, it is wrong to know, what end the
gods will have given to me or to you, O Leuconoe, and do not try
Babylonian calculations. How much better it is to endure whatever will be,
whether Jupiter has allotted more winters or the last,
which now weakens the Tyrrhenian Sea against opposing rocks:
be wise. Strain your wines, and because of brief life
cut short long-term hopes. While we are speaking, envious life
will have fled: seize the day, trusting the future as little as possible.

Horace Odes: Book 1 #11

KANIBALIZUM! [prod.by oni]

From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire. 

 “The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.

From its mythical foundations and epic construction to its enduring historical and cultural impact, the ancient Roman Empire has long fascinated readers across the world. In The Neverending Empire esteemed Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo describes an exciting new historical perspective: that the Roman Empire never fell. In fact, its influence reaches further and deeper than ever.

Beginning with the origins of Rome, and the literary myth of Aeneas and Romulus, Cazzullo takes the reader on a page-turning voyage through ancient history, bringing to life the most captivating moments and characters of a dominant Empire: the republican age, with heroic men and women willing to die for their country. The adventure of coup plotters like Catiline and revolutionaries like Spartacus, the slave who inspired rebels of every age. The extraordinary stories of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus, two of the greatest leaders to have lived.

Cazzullo goes on to draw fascinating parallels between the ancient and modern world, revealing how Rome lives on, across every facet of life and society. The ancient Romans have inspired poets, and artists, from Dante to Hollywood. They have dictated the rules of war, architecture, language and law. They have inspired America’s democratic influence and the digital revolution led by Mark Zuckerberg, a great admirer of Emperor Augustus: the first man to lead a multi-ethnic community of people who didn’t know each other but shared language, images and culture.

From the Napoleonic to the British regimes, the ideas and philosophies of ancient Rome have been much imitated, but never surpassed. This is the remarkable story of an enduring Empire. An Empire that never died. An Empire that lives on, forever.

The Neverending Empire: The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome, By Aldo Cazzullo, Translated by Dana Rinaldi (Nuanxed), Read by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

The reign of the Emperor Constantine XI last Emperor of the Romans. 
Original lyrics by Iron Professor.
Music developed with digital composition technologies and generative instrumentation; written in the key of conviction.

Constantine XI

Join us for Episode 4177 of Day1 with guest preacher Dr. Diana Butler Bass, renowned author and scholar based at Duke University. In her Palm Sunday sermon, “Hosanna, Not Alleluia,” based on Luke 19:28-40, Dr. Bass explores the true meaning of “hosanna” as a cry for liberation—not mere praise. She contrasts Jesus’ peaceful procession with Rome’s imperial power, inviting us to see Holy Week through anti-imperial, hope-filled eyes. Tune in for this timely message of honesty, courage, and faith in a world still crying, “Save us now.”

Hosanna, Not Alleluia - Episode 4177 | Dr. Diana Butler Bass | Luke 19:28-40 | April 13, 2025

The hero's theme from an analog pinball game that ceased production and never saw the light of day.

Gladiator — Unshaken

After the Fall of the New Roman Empire

This conversation delves into the life and legacy of Cleopatra, exploring her rise to power, her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and the political landscape of her time. The discussion highlights the significance of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the influence of Alexander the Great, and the eventual downfall of Cleopatra and Egypt as a powerful entity in the ancient world.

Cleopatra - Essence of History

Welcome to Essence Of! Here you will learn about medicine, science, history, and life, all by our favorite neurosurgeon, Dr. Hamid Abbasi.

The Geopolitics & Empire Podcast conducts interviews with prominent international experts on a wide-range of topics.

Past guests have included diplomats, government officials, whistleblowers, soldiers, spies, economists, academics, scientists, wealthy investors, dissidents, journalists, and musicians.

The broadcast seeks to gain insight from guests who come from the left, right, and beyond. It should go without saying that the host does not always agree with beliefs espoused by podcast invitees, but maintains an open mind, and believes it important to respectfully listen to a multitude of voices and let listeners come to their own conclusions.

*Music used in podcast intro is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

Day1 has been a trusted voice of hope and inspiration in the mainline Protestant tradition for 80 years. Founded in 1945 as a pioneering radio ministry known as "The Protestant Hour," Day1 has evolved into a multimedia platform that uplifts and connects faith and life. Through powerful sermons and engaging conversations with some of the nation’s most gifted preachers, we proclaim God’s love and grace across the airwaves, podcasts, and online platforms. Join us in continuing this legacy of sharing messages that inspire and transform lives around the world.

Iron Professor, PhD, is a historian writing original lyrics so we can Step Outside The Academy and feel the history. Let the music move you.

https://albertthompson.substack.com

Lance is an enthusiastic musician, classically trained in composition and orchestration. During his college career he became the most sought after composer for student and faculty-produced films, and was the first student composer in the university's history to gain support of the premiere Philharmonic Orchestra to perform and record an original score for a student film. Lance was awarded the CTA EMMY Award for his score in that film, DreamGiver.

While classically trained, he thrives in any musical environment from sweeping orchestral suites to gritty electro-rock tirades, and a mixture of everything in between. Having been heavily involved in video game development, Lance is passionate for an area of the music industry he feels is constantly evolving and challenging itself.

Publishers of award-winning fiction and non-fiction audiobooks for adults and children. Listen to exclusive clips from our books and free audioook extracts here on Soundcloud.

History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live.   More info at www.historiansplaining.com

Please see my Patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632, if you want to keep the lectures coming, and to hear the patron-only materials.

Professional software developer. Amateur composer, photographer, chef.

Minister Leonard V. Johnson has been an ordained minister since August 10th, 2019.
 
It is at the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries that we bring you the great and awesome message of God - which is based upon the Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God. Our mission and our purpose is to follow the admonition of Jesus Christ, when He said, "'FEED MY SHEEP!'" We do the will of God the Father and Jesus Christ. To preach the Gospel - the good news of Jesus Christ, of His forgiveness, of His atoning sacrifice, of the opportunity for all of us to have Jesus Christ as our great High Priest and to live under the promises of the New Covenant, and to someday be a part of the glorious Kingdom of God!

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Hi! I'm an academic whose work is dedicated to making science more accessible to diverse audiences via the medium of poetry.

Hi, I am a man from northern Sweden. I produce and create all of my music.
I am open for collabs

Το pod.gr γεννήθηκε από την αγάπη για τα podcast μιας μικρής παρέας που πιστεύει στη δύναμη της καινοτομίας και της πληροφόρησης. Σήμερα το pod.gr είναι η μεγαλύτερη πλατφόρμα παραγωγής και φιλοξενίας podcast στην Ελλάδα με εκατομμύρια ακροάσεις.

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