Ancient Roman religion
204The Founding of Rome
26 Aug 2024
14:35¶ 52
“Backing up, the Romans, like the Etruscans before them, and the Latins, and then going eastward like the Greeks, these were all sons/descendants of…”
15:15¶ 53
“We should not exactly think of personal gods. Thinking of Star Wars and the Force is probably more to the point. You can tap…”
15:39¶ 54
“The greatest was the hearth fire. Generically it was called Vesta. Eventually Vesta became a feminine deity very powerful in the Roman pantheon. The…”
187Purple Dye and Child Sacrifice
1 Apr 2024
29:48¶ 89
“Exactly. This brings us in passing to Carthage. In his book The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton tries to draw a contrast between the gods…”
30:31¶ 90
“So we have the Roman gods, who eventually will be in the background of the persecution of the church, and we have the Carthaginian…”
30:50¶ 91
“Chesterton in his book is trying to defend Rome, because Rome had the nicer gods and Rome saved the world from worldwide Baalism by…”