Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
1:28:26and it's framed in very particular ways. In other words, that Christianity triumphs over the ancient religions. Right? So displacing Zeus and Apollo and all of1:33:47He had had religious visions of Apollo before Christ, and we have sources that talk about that, too, that he went to this temple in Gaul, and Apollo appeared to1:34:11And he shifted to an Apollo model. This is a branding. This is emperors doing branding.














