Rome and the Third Century Crisis

[@XxowendanxX]

I remember when the Roman Emperor Rahmus Emanuelus famously stated, "never let a good third century crisis go to waste"

[@psstansberry]

You make history informative and enjoyable.

[@rev.j.rogerallen9328]

Another great Lecture. Thank you Dr. Reeves.

[@padrespeaks]

I'm quickly becoming a huge fan of this channel.

[@mikhailv67tv]

I am not a Christian but find this guys lectures to be really informative.. Thanks Ryan

[@RyanReevesM]

Always kind to hear these types of things. Objectivity is something everyone assumes is a myth, but it's not what makes history good. :)

[@catdanziger8294]

THanks Ryan! This is really well organized and factual, I appreciate it.

[@bredmond812]

Your series of videos are very informative. They are jam-packed full of information. I have learned so much. By the way, at 18:33, that painting depicts the surrender of Vercingetorix to Julius Caesar. Visually, it goes well enough with the topic of this video, but the history behind it is removed by about 300 years. I don't know if you realized that.

[@RyanJFaulk]

I'm very grateful for the videos you upload! Thank you.

[@tommysanointing]

Hi! Thank you so much for the videos. Just one thing I noticed: My schoolbook says that Cyprian hid under Decius' persecution and survived, but that he stood forward under Valerius' persecution, and was then beheaded, in 258 AD.

[@balticrev]

I am enjoying your series, very informative.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

When speaking about the Libellus it sounded similar to the text of Revelation 13 regarding mark of the beast, buying/selling, forced worship of the beast or be slain, etc.

[@ggessex]

I never thought of that, thanks for pointing that out.

[@jvannucci2]

Thank you Ryan Reeves! Jesus came in 'the fullness of time' and I have been studying that out to see and understand the times in which he came. I have studied through all of your videos on the Greeks and the Romans and now the early church. I am captivated to go deeper. Thank you, I have learned so much!

[@WillStrop2008]

Fun fact: Decius may or may not be the very last Pharaoh, depending on which list you believe. At least one Egyptian King List, Egypt being a Roman Province by then, includes Roman Emperors up until Decius.

[@mackenshaw8169]

Very interesting video. Small glitch. I believe that at about 20:20 you have a picture of the Bengal Lancers of the British Raj.

[@funnybone9640]

its a mural of Alexander charging Darius at the battle of Issus

[@mackenshaw8169]

So it is. Correction. Just before that at 20:13. You can clearly see the rifle butts and ammo bandoliers. An understandable error as the British Raj preserved a lot of the Mogul style which was of Persian origin.

[@lisduffer]

Your series are TERRIFIC. Thanks.

[@Oli-jm9fc]

7:55 map is wrong, Franks were mainly in today's Netherlands, and Allemanni/Suevi were in Southern Germani, not in Poland like on the map;

[@Oli-jm9fc]

same for 17:05, Alemanni are now in Romania wtf. Goths on the Caspian Sea wtf. Franks in Poland?? I know it must seem a detail to you, but we here in Belgium are the legitimate offspring of the Franks here you see, reeeeeeeeeeee (I still love your lectures though)

[@ElhuSCIENCE]

Wait, so the church had popes before Constantine? Did they have the same power and authority as later popes?

[@RyanReevesM]

+SGDR // Yes and no. The early patriarchal bishops often were called 'papa' (pope) as an honorific, but the bishop of Rome was often held in high esteem for the role of Rome in the empire and for the focus of apostles like Paul and Peter on Rome for ministry. We can still refer to the bishop of Rome as the pope early on, but the later problems of certain popes, and the expansive power of the pope over kings of Europe, is a product of the middle ages.

[@ElhuSCIENCE]

+Ryan Reeves I see, thanks!

[@nieljohnson7943]

really really liked this video, not enough good history series out there, truly, but please please say sassanid slow once then fast, you are adding a syllable

[@RyanReevesM]

Thanks for the support. And yeah, I'm cursed by an old professor who used to add that syllabul and when I'm discussing it live his pronunciation spills out. I heard it when I edited the audio after and considered scraping it and starting over, but I liked the way the rest of it sounded so I just figured it would be an homage to my old proff. :)

[@meeeka]

Ryan Reeves just a hint, from a Persian speaker: Sassanid=Sah- sah- NEED Two short identical syllables with the emphasis on the final syllable, three syllables in total.

[@gilbertalphin6797]

Back then there 'was' no first amendment of civil protection to grow up in the Lord.

[@Oli-jm9fc]

Great you mentioned the lapsi. I was recent reading up on them and the Novatian heresy;

[@abraxxas7]

"Sassananid"

[@RyanReevesM]

+Wyatt Price // Yeah don't you love live mic recordings? I've got my old professors voice in my head when I say it and he always mispronounced it. Ah well....I'm a frail human! :)

[@abraxxas7]

On all accounts a great series. I'm really enjoying the playlist and appreciate the uploads!

[@RyanReevesM]

+Wyatt Price // Thanks! It's been awesome to hear from folks who are not full-time students and have a wider conversation with everyone. :)

[@jamesdavis4669]

+Ryan Reeves //This is a great bit of information! I appreciate the work you put into it!

[@Oli-jm9fc]

thank you for posting all this, I love it, been listening for 2 days straight already

[@gonebutnotforgotten5279]

funny right at 13:16 it looks like someone holding an american flag in the top left of the picture.Anyone know where to find the whole picture or its name?

[@philipbuckley759]

it would be nice to see a potential solutions...

[@Eusebeia7]

Thank you very much for these videos. Do you have anything on the history of the manifestations of the holy spirit? 1) Utterance manifestations: tongues, interpretation of tongues, and prophecy, 2) Revelation manifestations: Word of Wisdom, Word of Knowledge, and Discerning of spirits, 3) Power manifestations: Gifts of healing, Manifestation of faith and working of miracles?

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

What was the status of Jews at this time? They'd be essentially in the same boat as Christians in refusing to sacrifice to a pagan god. Was there some sort of exception carved out due to Judaism's relative antiquity compared to Christianity's relative recency?

[@pete9320]

I remember Marc Duncan adressing this, saying that the Romans had agreements with most of the Jewish communities. I think the reason for this must have been previous experiences with Jewish revolts (and how dangerous and devastating they were, these revolts were under Vaspasian). Some jewish people were of course persecuted, some of course gave up their faith, the remainder "struck" a deal. Christians and jews were (probably) NOT seen as the same back then - and certainly not treated as the same (with Christians being treated worse during the Severin dynasty).

[@hengineer]

naesmy 4891 I would say it's a matter of attitude. Judaism doesn't have evangelicals like Christianity does.

[@davidfrisken1617]

re Cyprian of Carthage. How did Pontius know what was said at the trial? It reminds me of the gospel writers knowing what was said at Jesus's trial, and what Pilate was thinking. Surely no one claims Pontius had some sort of revelation? If Pontius was there and taking notes, what evidence do we have that the copy we have is original? What is the oldest physical copy we have? Considering the church fathers bragging about using untruths to push there own orthodoxy, how do we really trust any of these early church documents for which we do not have originals? Who was the church father who said that the number of martyrs could be easily counted? Does that not indicate there is some contradiction going on here?

[@willpike8053]

Year of FOUR emperors.Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian

[@philipbuckley759]

so all of these persecutions were, basically, political, in nature...

[@AlphaSections]

A foot stool? That's hilarious! I guess that's better than death!

[@Oli-jm9fc]

It's probably worse, except of course when death means the underworld, hades, hell. The pagan did not doubt that.

[@nicolascavadini3570]

Videos on this channel are usually well made. But your recurring map you use this time is so bad that it shouldn't have been use in a so called university course. I mean, the Roman empire is not shown on the south mediterranean regon, franks and allemani are badly misplaced. Palmyre wasn't shown. I means for rezl, it"'s not because what you study is theology that you should be so Don't you think?careless about history and geography ..

[@RyanReevesM]

Totally understand the point. The main thing is I'm NOT careless about copyright. A lot of the better maps I am able to use in live teaching but not on KZbin, I'm afraid. Often i have to make due with what is useable. :((

[@nicolascavadini3570]

Should I suggest some very good documents available on wikimedia wich are open content: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century#/media/File:Map_of_Ancient_Rome_271_AD.svg

[@MrSvenovitch]

Listening to your 'lectures' reminds me why I got unbaptised and became an antinatalist.

[@bazzatheblue]

You can be unbaptised now? And now you are a heathen? My word I'm puzzled.

[@hellsapoppin2048]

How do you get unbaptised ? Wallow in pigshit ?