Tag: roman
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A cultural clash at the Agora in Roman Philippi
a Roman Government of Greek Culture The Roman-built forum in Philippi with its bustling traditional Greek agora resembled the forum in Rome (cover-photo remains of the Roman forum pillars shows some of the grandeur of these most-public areas of the Empires greatest cities. Similar-sized pillars in the foreground of the Philippi Forum and agora (to…
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Lydia a Worshipper Down By The River
Lydia, a worshiper of God A brief outline of the opening of Europe to the Gospel of Jesus Christ beginning with the baptism of Lydia, a Jewish woman near a city with with few Jews. I’ll take you back to Philippi, Macedonia (geographically part of Greece) in the 1st c. superpower Empire of Rome and…
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Hiking up to Antioch Pisidia from Perga
Ἀντιόχεια τῆς Πισιδίας) – Antioch of Pisidia (Paul and Barnabas hike north into the mountains) Pictured here: Ruins of the St. Paul Church in Antioch of Pisidia built ~6th century A.D. Additional information also from source: Turkish Archeology News Allow me to be your guide along the unfamiliar road now part of modern Turkey to…
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