Historical Miniatures
5 hrs. 50 min.
Description
This audio book features stylized historical chronicles and vivid everyday sketches about the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and the ancient Roman poets Horace and Virgil, about the Flight to Egypt of the Holy Family, about Christ and Pontius Pilate, about the bloodthirsty rulers of the Roman Empire Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, and about the last pagan emperor Julian the Apostate, about the treacherous leader of the Huns Attila, about Egyptian slavery and the saving of the infant Moses, about the great teacher of the Church, Pope Gregory I, about the Arab conquest of Spain and the arrival of Islam in Europe, about the last days of the first millennium of the new era, when Emperor Otto III, Pope Sylvester II, and all of Rome prepared for the end of the world and the Last Judgment.
Contents
01. In Athens
02. Flaccus and Maro
03. Leontopolis
04. A lamb
05. The bloodthirsty beast
06. The Apostate
07. Attila
08. Egyptian slavery
09. A slave of the slaves of God
10. Ishmael
11. A thousand-year kingdom
02. Flaccus and Maro
03. Leontopolis
04. A lamb
05. The bloodthirsty beast
06. The Apostate
07. Attila
08. Egyptian slavery
09. A slave of the slaves of God
10. Ishmael
11. A thousand-year kingdom
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