3.10 Cities of God: Constantinople (Not Istanbul)

3.10 Cities of God: Constantinople (Not Istan...

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3.11 Cities of God: Ravenna, Capital on the Swamp

From Rome to Milan to Ravenna, the Western capital moved—searching for the site least vulnerable to barbarian incursion. And wherever the capital moved, money followed. And where there's money, there's monumental art, science, and literary culture. In Ravenna there were great ...

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3.12 Cities of God: Carthage, African Christian Genesis

Western Christianity—Latin Christianity—began in Africa and made its way across the sea to Italy. All the great orthodox Latin writers of the first through third centuries were African. The distinctive western liturgy was likely a product of Roman Africa. Christianity came to ...

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