[aquadayAquaks]

I have this site that I like. It may be of interest to other members of this forum.

http://athos.web-log.nl/athos_agios_.../01/index.html

Effie

[FLOMOUSLY]

This looks like a unique and excellent site Effie. Thanks for sharing this.

[sbrthrds]

http://www.impantokratoros.gr/B73C1DBD.en.aspx

A good site and an interesting article.

Effie

[Q0KmoR8K]

Dear Effie,

The article you posted on The Christian facing death was interesting. Thank you.

In Christ,
Alice

[xFZ3k8Mw]

OODE is an excellent site.

[TOPERink]

Thanks Julie for the link you posted. This site looks really interesting.

Amy has her own blog, but I can't seem to find the link to it. She has done a wonderful job and her site is beautiful.

Perhaps she will visit this thread and give us the link.

Effie

[kmjbbT3U]

There are some good links here, I think.

[22paseabelldaps]

Virtual Tour of Pompeii - a Christian perspective
Copyright © 2001 Michael S. Cole, M.D.

It is my (the author of the site) opinion that Pompeii is the most important archeological site anywhere. Almost every other ancient urban site is simply the remains of a ghost town, long ago deserted by its citizens who carried away with them everything of value. Prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city. Then it was buried with so little warning in 79 A.D. that Pompeii was literally frozen in time.

If we want to know details about what life was like in a Roman city during the first century, I think by studying Pompeii we can get the very best perspective with the least speculation. We can understand how the privileged rich man and the ordinary slave lived from day to day in the Roman Empire during the time when Christianity was beginning to spread throughout the Mediterranean. A better understanding of life in Pompeii, a city with both Roman and Greek influence, can help us to better understand many of the writings of the New Testament.

Thanks to the United States Navy, I was stationed near Pompeii in the mid-1980's. My wife Jeannie and I visited the ruins of that ancient city many times. Our first tour was conducted by Tony d'Ambrosio, then a professor of archeology at the University of Naples, now the director of excavation at Pompei. After studying everything I could find about Pompeii, I served as an amateur guide for many friends and relatives.

The slide show and commentary provided here will give you a glimpse of what you would see and learn if I could personally escort you around the streets, villas, temples, theaters, baths, shops, and forum of Pompeii. As a bonus, I've also included photos of many items from the National Archeological Museum of Naples where most of the treasures of Pompeii are housed. If you're interested, you should check out some of the many books and Web sites from which you can learn lots more than I'll be sharing with you here.

If you're planning to visit Pompeii, perhaps this virtual tour will help prepare you for what you will experience there. If you've already been to Pompeii, maybe you'll learn something new from my perspectives. If you're likely to never make it to see Pompeii for yourself, I truly hope your time spent at this Web site will educate, enlighten, and inspire you.

Take the virtual tour, http://www.thecolefamily.com/italy/pompeii/slide01.htm

[Pinkman]

Wow, this was a great site, Vasiliki! I visited Pompeii with my mom and daughter seven years ago...It was truly awesome.

[Misespimb]

Thank you so much Alice, I believe knowledge of history is equally important as knowledge of theology, so here is another site I find is really interesting (albeit historical link):

18 centuries of Roman Empire
A Cartography by Howard Wiseman. Source: http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~wiseman/Ro...manEmpire.html
Text and maps copyright Howard Wiseman 2002-2009

Introduction.
1790 years, to be exact. The Roman Empire began in 338 BC, when the city of Rome (a republic) imposed its direct rule upon the former league of Latin cities. It ended in 1453, as the last Roman Emperor, Constantine XI, died defending the walls of New Rome against the Turks. Not to my knowledge has any other state had a continuous existence for this long; the nearest would perhaps be Japan (arguably since about 400 A.D.).

Over these 18 centuries the fortunes of the Empire have waxed and waned greatly. However, for about the middle 3/4 of this time, from 146 BC to 1204 AD, it was without doubt the greatest and wealthiest power in the northern Mediterranean. Below are some small maps which give an idea of the Empire's changing territorial extent (including client states) over this period of greatness.

Those who thought the Roman Empire ended with the barbarian invasions of the 5th century will no doubt be surprised by the last three of the above maps. Those having more familiarity with mediaeval history will probably be surprised more at my audacity for representing all the territories in these maps as part of the Roman Empire(s). I justify myself later.

The centrepiece of this web site is a series of 19 maps of the Roman Empire, roughly every century, from its beginning in 338 BC to its end almost 18 centuries later, with commentaries. One might wonder why I created this site, given that there is already a truly marvellous website, "Rome and Romania" (http://www.friesian.com/romania.htm) by Dr. Kelly Ross. This has a similar series of maps (and much more), but with twice as many (every 50 years). However my maps are different in a number of ways:

1. I have chosen the dates very carefully to emphasize the waxing and waning of the Empire's fortunes.
2. I show the Western ("Holy") Roman Empire alongside the Eastern ("Byzantine") Roman Empire.
3. I also have numerous other maps which present different perspectives on the Roman Empire, its predecessors, rivals, descendants and supplanters.

This site is organized into the following pages:

The Roman Empire -- what I mean by this.

19 Maps of the Roman Empire over 18 centuries. (updated 2009).

5 "summary" Maps of the Empire for the period 146 BC -- 1204 AD.

10 "comparison" Maps of "successor" Empires (Ottoman, Hapsburg, Napoleonic, Fascist, Greek) (updated 2008).

3 "perspective" Maps of the wider Eurasian world in 116, 755, and 1288.

The Ages of the Roman Empire --- a discussion.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empires --- a parallel treatment of East and West with 18 maps. (2003) (updated 2009).

The Dragon and the Eagle --- a parallel treatment of Britons and Byzantines in 8 joint maps. (2005) (updated 2009).

18 Centuries of Empire: the Greek Perspective --- Alexander, Cleopatra, Diocletian, Heraclius etc. in 10 maps. (2007)

Empires Strike Back --- the six epochs when Imperial powers returned to dominate the ancient lands of Rome (2009).

Bibliography

[whimpykid]

Two more sites that I think are interesting.

The first is Amy's site : http://dailyweaving.blogspot.com/

The second is the Dynamis site. http://www.dynamispublications.org/


Effie

[dodadaxia]

You can subscribe to the Dynamis site and get daily Bible meditations to your email. My husband has been receiving them for a few years now. Some of them are good, some of them are just so-so, and some of them are quite enlightening. All in all, it is worth it.

[marcusdexz]

You can subscribe to the Dynamis site and get daily Bible meditations to your email. My husband has been receiving them for a few years now. Some of them are good, some of them are just so-so, and some of them are quite enlightening. All in all, it is worth it.

Alice, I usually just download the monthly readings. They are in zipfile form. I then open the current day. The email method is better I think because when these come daily you can't forget about them (as I sometimes do).

I agree that reading these meditations on part of the daily Orthodox readings is worth it. The only improvement I can think of is the inclusion of the full daily reading at the top of the page, followed by the part that is being commented on.

Effie