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Creating Christ

But I was working myself on amonograph on Roman coinage and propaganda, andas I was...

But I was working myself on a
monograph on Roman coinage and propaganda, and
as I was working on that, for years my co-author had been looking for this physical evidence
and happened across the specific image that
was used thousands of times by the emperor Titus on his own coinage

Full Transcript

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But I was working myself on a monograph on Roman coinage
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and propaganda, and as I was working on that,
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for years my co-author had been looking
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for this physical evidence and happened across
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the specific image that was used thousands of times
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by the emperor Titus on his own coinage.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:26
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Forensics expert J.S. Valliant reconstructs back story of how Roman Elites conspired to create Christianity, changing the course of history.
- [Narrator] This image was never used before - Creating Christ 00:11
- [Narrator] This image was never used before
- Finally while examining the first archaeological evidence - Creating Christ 00:21
- Finally while examining the first archaeological evidence
The symbol that is most famous - Creating Christ 00:15
The symbol that is most famous
As it turns out, Titus' coinage has a symbol - Creating Christ 00:10
As it turns out, Titus' coinage has a symbol
- [Narrator] According to the catholic encyclopedia, - Creating Christ 00:22
- [Narrator] According to the catholic encyclopedia,
- This provided at last the first physical evidence - Creating Christ 00:10
- This provided at last the first physical evidence
- I guess the big discovery they made was that, - Creating Christ 00:18
- I guess the big discovery they made was that,
Around the same period that image, - Creating Christ 00:10
Around the same period that image,
Now if the Romans were hated enemies, - Creating Christ 00:08
Now if the Romans were hated enemies,
It's so strange, it's like - Creating Christ 00:11
It's so strange, it's like
I mean, they do a, - Creating Christ 00:09
I mean, they do a,
But that was a very surprising thing, - Creating Christ 00:09
But that was a very surprising thing,
- [Narrator] Why did Titus flavius mint thousands of coins - Creating Christ 00:08
- [Narrator] Why did Titus flavius mint thousands of coins
And why did early Christians use this image - Creating Christ 00:08
And why did early Christians use this image
What does this symbol mean, - Creating Christ 00:10
What does this symbol mean,
To answer these questions, - Creating Christ 00:10
To answer these questions,
In the second century, St. clement of Alexandria, - Creating Christ 00:27
In the second century, St. clement of Alexandria,
- We know that in the late second century, - Creating Christ 00:13
- We know that in the late second century,
- And among those symbols that he offers are symbols - Creating Christ 00:09
- And among those symbols that he offers are symbols
This struck us as odd, as we've often been told - Creating Christ 00:14
This struck us as odd, as we've often been told