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This is the First Century, a podcast devoted to stories from that influential period of history, including Rome, Judea, Christianity, and more. Your host is Dr. Brian Schmisek. Get ready to go back in time and enter a world before computers, the stagecoach, the printing press, or even stirrups for horses were invented. We are about to enter…The First Century
brianschmisek hosts The First Century, a history show with 47 episodes published.
The Romans increase their presence in Britannia with the founding of Londinium on the north side of a river. Claudius named Tiberius Alexander procurator of Judea, and he ensures potential problems are dealt with swiftly
The empress Messalina continued to carry on affairs without Claudius' knowledge and in violation of Roman law. She also thwarts Seneca's attempt to return from exile. The prestigious city of Pergamum in Asia is evangeliz
The capital city of the province of Asia seemed ripe for evangelization. Apollos, an Alexandrian Jewish convert to Christianity, educated in an allegorical way of reading sacred texts, took the lead. SHOWNOTES Destructio
Shortly after Fadus was appointed procurator of Judea, Claudius sent a new governor of Syria, Cassius Longinus. Together they faced a tense situation in Jerusalem calling for Roman legions. Theudas the magician arose abo
Barnabas and Paul continue their work in Antioch. The Jerusalem church faces a persecution by Herod Agrippa who executes James the apostle. Seeing how well received that action was, he then arrested Simon Peter and inten
Agrippina returned from Ephesus with her second husband Passienus and her young son. She encouraged her husband to name her as his sole heir, which he did, only to die shortly thereafter. The 28-year-old second time impe
The church in Antioch continued to experience significant growth, attracting Gentiles as well as Jews. Those Christians in Jerusalem sent Barnabas to check on things in Antioch, and he secured Paul from Tarsus to help hi
Messalina continued to use her power to surreptitiously attack potential rivals, secure alliances, and manipulate her husband. She also succeeds in eliminating her own stepfather after he spurned her advances. King Herod
Herod Agrippa deftly managed a potential crisis by lobbying the Roman governor of Syria, Petronius to defend the rights of Jews so recently made clear by imperial decree. Claudius deifies Livia, years after her death and
To assist in the administration of the empire, Claudius empowered three freedmen: Pallas, Narcissus, and Callistus. In an attempt to calm the nerves of gardners who are haunted by Caligula's ghost, Julia Livilla and Agri
The new emperor Claudius began by repaying his friends and supporters, chief among them, Herod Agrippa, who was named King of Judea. At Herod Agrippa's urging, Claudius reaffirmed the Roman policy of religious tolerance,
Gaius' cruelty finally caught up with him and he was the first of many emperors to be assassinated. His wife and daughter were also killed. In what later seemed like an accident of history, soldiers proclaimed the drooli
After 'victories' in Germania and Britannia, Gaius returned to Rome on Aug 31, 40 CE to celebrate a double triumph. Gaius orders Lepidus executed and then banished his own two sisters to the island of Pontus, where Agrip
After being in Arabia for three years, Paul returned to Damascus, where he was arrested. After a daring escape with the help of some friends, he made his way to Jerusalem where he stayed for fifteen days. While there, he
Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, aka, Caligula, son of Agrippina and Germanicus, decided to go to Germany to attack barbarians as his father had done, and for which he was given the name, Germanicus. Caligula determined t
Gaius (Caligula) heard that Jews were causing trouble in Jamnia and in Alexandria, Egypt. He raised the stakes by ordering that his statue be installed in the Jerusalem Temple. For that task he sent Petronius as the new
After serving as tetrarch since 4 BCE, Herod Antipas and his wife Herodias are driven by envy at Herod Agrippa's recent promotion. Antipas and Herodias decide to make their case to Caesar directly, but their plans are re
Antioch was the capital of the Roman Province of Syria, and refuge to many followers of the way who fled Saul's persecution in Jerusalem. Their message found a receptive audience there, as it did in Rome, due to the effo
Flaccus is deposed as governor of Egypt in a stealthy move. After being found guilty of maiestas (treason) before the princeps, his property is taken and he is banished to the island of Andros. In Caesarea Maritima, Phil
Caligula's behavior at dinner parties was questionable at best and downright abbhorent at worst. His uncle Claudius was the butt of jokes whereas the wives of senators became paramours for the princeps. His affection for
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