This black horse seal period was marked by mourning, distress, famine and plague. The impact of the general violence, bloodshed and brutality of the Caesars and the Praetorian military class was felt by the whole of Roman society, Patrician and Plebeian, Roman or Barbarian, Pagan or Christian.
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“When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.” (Rev 6:5 ESV)
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“When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, ‘Come!’ And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.” (Rev 6:3-4 ESV)
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In our last article we saw how Corinth was rebuilt as a Roman city. The construction was instigated by Julius Caesar making it quite different to Greek cities in the region. Old temples were restored and enlarged, new shops and markets were built, new water supplies were developed until it became a …
Athens was a place of learning and a centre of human wisdom which was greatly admired in the Roman Empire. It was known for hosting various schools of philosophy, and philosophers abounded, each one having disciples who lived in their presence and observed their way of life hundreds of years before …
Berea, pronounced Ver-ee-a in Greek, is 73km WSW of Thessaloniki and 511km NNW from Athens. Situated at the foot of the Vermio Mountains overlooking the plain below, Berea is a very old city and is mentioned by Thucydides in 432BC, which makes it older than Thessaloniki.
The most surprisi…
Thessaloniki (AV Thessalonica) was located at the intersection of two major Roman roads, one leading from Italy eastward (Egnatian Way) and the other from the Danube to the Aegean. Its location combined with its natural port facilities made it a prominent city. In 168BC it became the capit…
Amphipolis is mentioned only once in the Bible in Acts 17:1: “Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews”. The word Amphipolis is derived from “amphi” (on both sides, or around) and “polis” (city) and re…
Assos is a city on the coast of the western part of what is now Turkey. It is only mentioned in the Bible in Acts 20:13-14.
A famous resident of Assos was Aristotle, who lived from 384-322BC. According to Britannica, he was a philosopher, psychologist, logician, moralist, political …
Samothraki is an island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea measuring 21km east-west and 13km north-south and is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Acts 16:11 where it is called Samothracia.
Paul had received a vison at Troas in which a man from Macedonia had appealed to him to a…
