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Longinus. Who was Longinus? Tradition holds that the Roman Centurion who commanded the Roman soldiers at Christ’s crucifixion was named Longinus. Longinus is a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. No one knows for sure what the Centurion’s name was since the gospels do not name him. For my purposes I will refer to the [ READ MORE ]
Judge Andrew Napolitano, a libertarian with a show on FOX has written an interesting piece on What is a Just War. The Judge sites St. Thomas Aquinas as the modern articulator of the Just War Theory although it was Augustine way back in the 5th Century A.D. who first postulated it. It’s hardly surprising that Augustine would give [ READ MORE ]
First Legion, 60mm Roman Centurion To the left is a picture from the First Legion website of the latest addition to my miniatures collection. It was a Christmas gift my son and daughter-in-law. My other Roman figures from the period represented are from King and Country and they are fine figures, but frankly this Centurion [ READ MORE ]
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the [ READ MORE ]
Q. Who was Israel’s most persistent enemy? A. The Philistines Every Sunday School child is familiar with David and Goliath, the giant Philistine warrior who David slew with a stone from a sling. Many more are familiar with Samson who killed a 1000 Philistines with the jaw bone of an ass. Still others remember the [ READ MORE ]
The Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 B.C. between the Greek city-state of Athens aided by the smaller city-state of Plataea and Achaemenid Persia Empire (modern-day Iran and surrounding areas). The Achaemenid King Darius sought to punish Athens because Athens had aided in a revolt of the Ionian Greek cities in Asia. Darius I, [ READ MORE ]
Here’s an interesting link about a Christian artifact found in Jerusalem. It dates to the Byzantine era. The Byzantines (or “Rum” meaning Roman as they called themselves) held Palestine and Jerusalem until 614 A.D. when it fell to the Sassanid Persians. The Persians (modern Iran) were not Moslems at this time. They practiced a religion [ READ MORE ]
Modern day Iran is Persian, not Arab as many Americans seem to think. Most people do not know that Persia (modern Iran) was not always Moslem and not always ruled by the current crop of religious fanatics. Persia has one interesting history! Alexander the Great, prophesied in the Bible (not by name, Dan. 8:20-21) toppled a number of nations [ READ MORE ]
Every now and then I check in with Pravda. Pravda is Russia’s national newspaper and there is a link of Drudge to it. I remember Pravda from back in the day of the Soviet Union when it was known as being THE state-run media that would never say anything critical of the regime. In that [ READ MORE ]
Sometimes you just have to post fun stuff! Because of my interest in Roman military history I’ll just run a Google search for various terms and then wade deep into the search to see what turns up. This link kind of cracked me up. It’s from a British Ghost website-a website that documents British ghost [ READ MORE ]
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