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Creating Christ

Pliny the younger writes to the emperor, "what is our properpolicy about Christians?" We...

Pliny the younger writes to the emperor, "what is our proper
policy about Christians?" We hear that Christianity
had apparently enjoyed a popular vogue a
couple of decades earlier, precisely during the
height of the Flavian dynasty, and that somehow in recent
years it had fallen out of favor

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Pliny the younger writes to the emperor,
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"what is our proper policy about Christians?"
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We hear that Christianity had apparently enjoyed
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a popular vogue a couple of decades earlier,
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precisely during the height of the Flavian dynasty,
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and that somehow in recent years it had fallen out of favor.
Duration
20 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:09
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Forensics expert J.S. Valliant reconstructs back story of how Roman Elites conspired to create Christianity, changing the course of history.
Pliny the younger also tells us that Christianity - Creating Christ 00:11
Pliny the younger also tells us that Christianity
And perhaps most fascinating - Creating Christ 00:13
And perhaps most fascinating
- The fact that the emperor trajan would give such deference - Creating Christ 00:15
- The fact that the emperor trajan would give such deference
- [Narrator] The emperor trajan ruled for almost 20 years - Creating Christ 00:15
- [Narrator] The emperor trajan ruled for almost 20 years
- What's interesting about the symbol of the dolphin - Creating Christ 00:13
- What's interesting about the symbol of the dolphin
Now what was going on in Hadrian's time - Creating Christ 00:06
Now what was going on in Hadrian's time
So the fact that he would resuscitate this symbol - Creating Christ 00:06
So the fact that he would resuscitate this symbol
It no longer symbolized the flavians in Hadrian's time, - Creating Christ 00:09
It no longer symbolized the flavians in Hadrian's time,
This is a significant evolution of the symbol, - Creating Christ 00:18
This is a significant evolution of the symbol,
- It's just curious that those were the only two emperors - Creating Christ 00:09
- It's just curious that those were the only two empero...
To indicate the importance of those wars, - Creating Christ 00:12
To indicate the importance of those wars,
Some 60 years later a second Jewish revolt broke out, - Creating Christ 00:16
Some 60 years later a second Jewish revolt broke out,
And it was in fact the final nail in the diaspora - Creating Christ 00:14
And it was in fact the final nail in the diaspora
- [Narrator] Although it seems Christianity - Creating Christ 00:12
- [Narrator] Although it seems Christianity
- Okay, well, what I think what happened is, - Creating Christ 00:26
- Okay, well, what I think what happened is,
And that dispelled many more Jews, - Creating Christ 00:08
And that dispelled many more Jews,
The ones who aren't hellenized - Creating Christ 00:08
The ones who aren't hellenized
And this has been done in the past, - Creating Christ 00:04
And this has been done in the past,
I'm sure there was a concerted effort - Creating Christ 00:08
I'm sure there was a concerted effort
- Of course Hadrian himself had reasons to use Christianity, - Creating Christ 00:12
- Of course Hadrian himself had reasons to use Christianity,