Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

    by Damien F. Mackey     “ Augustus had established the pattern for what a Roman emperor looks like. Hadrian breaks the mould. But this is to deny that earlier emperors had been represented bearded at least on their coinage. Most extensive in this were Nero and Domitian ”.   C. Vout     Introduction   Naturally, since I had, in my article:   Time to consider Hadrian, that ‘mirror-image’ of Antiochus Epiphanes, as also the census emperor Augustus   (6) Time to consider Hadrian, that 'mirror-image' of Antiochus Epiphanes, as also the census emperor Augustus   presented a sequence of emperors totally different from the conventional one given here by C. Vout, I must inevitably, therefore, disagree with the conclusions.   If, as suggested in my article, Augustus and Hadrian were one and the same emperor, the Census “Caesar Augustus” of Luke 2:1: “In those days Caesar Augustus issued ...

    by Damien F. Mackey     “ Despite the debate over the precise details of their reigns, there’s no denying that Caligula and Nero left an indelible mark on Roman history and popular imagination. Their names have become synonymous with the worst excesses of power and the corrupting influence of absolute rule ”.   History Tools   Having recently drawn some startling comparisons between:   Caligula and Antiochus ‘Epiphanes’   (2) Caligula and Antiochus 'Epiphanes'   and the Grecophilic:   Nero like an Antiochus ‘Epiphanes’   (2) Nero like an Antiochus 'Epiphanes'   the stage is now set, so to speak, to consider, together, Caligula and Nero.   History Tools has already taken that step in its 2024 article (I do not accept the AD dates given here): The Tyrannical Reigns of Caligula and Nero: A Historian‘s Perspective - History Tools   The Tyrannical Reigns of Calig...

    by Damien F. Mackey   “Antiochus IV erected statues of himself and staged his own games”.   “This artistic self-indulgence reached its peak during Nero’s Grand Tour of Greece …. For over a year, Nero participated in Greek festivals and competitions, desperate for the adoration of Greek crowds”.   History tools   Was Nero really a Hellenistic Greek?   According to the following article (2024), he should have been: Emperor Nero: A Hellenistic Ruler in the Wrong Era - History Tools   Emperor Nero: A Hellenistic Ruler in the Wrong Era   …. The Roman emperor Nero, who reigned from 54-68 AD [sic?], is one of the most notorious rulers in history. He is remembered as a cruel tyrant who persecuted Christians, murdered his own mother, and fiddled while Rome burned. His disastrous rule ended in military rebellion, conspiracy, and suicide. Yet viewing Nero through the lens of an earlier age – that of the Hellenistic ki...

    by   Damien F. Mackey     “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being  and a mouth that spoke boastfully”.   Daniel 7:8   Introduction   Here, following up on a recent article of mine in which I considered the views of a Seventh-Day Adventist writer concerning the little horn of the prophecies of Daniel:   Daniel 7 and 8     (4) Daniel 7 and Daniel 8     as expressed in his article, “ Why Antiochus IV Is Not the Little Horn of Daniel 8”: http://1844madesimple.org/why-antiochus-iv-is-not-the-little-horn-of-daniel-8 I will now consider the views of another writer, an ex-Adventist this time, regarding the identification of Daniel’s little horn. And I shall be in agreement with him.   I ref...