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A Rooster for Asklepios
A Bull for Pluto
A Ram for Mars

May 12, 2020
2 min

Welcome to my site!

I'm thrilled to launch this Website in support of my two new historical novels, A Rooster for Asklepios and A Bull for Pluto. If you've...

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Christopher D Stanley

Mar 22
3 min

What's in a Dream?

Hypnos, Greek god of sleep, holds his wand over Leda as Zeus comes to her at night as a swan Modern science views dreams as a set of...

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Women Rule! Mighty Goddesses of Asia Minor

Christopher D Stanley

Feb 22
3 min

Women Rule! Mighty Goddesses of Asia Minor

Long before the coming of the Greeks and Romans, the peoples of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) honored powerful earth goddesses as a key...

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Christopher D Stanley

Feb 3
3 min

Taking care of business, Roman style

Urine collection pot from the shop of a fuller (launderer) in Pompeii, Italy The first two books of my new historical fiction trilogy, A...

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Christopher D Stanley

Jan 10
3 min

Dining with Greeks and Roman

Where did Greeks and Romans eat? It depends on where you stood in the social pyramid. A vast gulf existed in Greek and Roman cities...

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Christopher D Stanley

Dec 19, 2020
3 min

Getting around in Roman Asia Minor

Tomb carving of a Roman carpentum, the kind of carriage used in my novels As I noted in a previous post, the Romans either built or...

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Christopher D Stanley

Dec 16, 2020
2 min

Roman roads in Asia Minor

Remains of the Via Sebaste, the Roman road where the journey narrated in my novels begins. If you were asked to name ten factors that...

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Christopher D Stanley

Nov 20, 2020
3 min

Anti-Judaism in the Roman World

Colorized version of a panel from the Arch of Titus in Rome depicting the conquest of the Jews in 70 A.D. (For more on the colorization,...

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Christopher D Stanley

Oct 26, 2020
5 min

Asklepios, Gracious Savior and Healer

Relief of the god Asklepios and his daughter Hygeia treating a sleeping girl (Piraeus, Greece) All of the books in my A Slave’s Story...

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Christopher D Stanley

Oct 11, 2020
1 min

The Oldest Known Greek Song

Greek vase painting showing four of the nine Greek muses playing musical instruments Music doesn't play a notable role in my two novels,...

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Christopher D Stanley

Sep 27, 2020
2 min

Ancient Physicians and Health Care

Fresco from Pompeii depicting a physician removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aeneas In today’s world physicians are highly trained,...

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Christopher D Stanley

Sep 9, 2020
2 min

Sickness in the Roman world

Shared public toilets were a common channel for spreading disease in Greek and Roman cities It can be hard for citizens of modern Western...

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Christopher D Stanley

Aug 23, 2020
2 min

To market, to market...

Ruins of the commercial agora in Ephesus, Turkey Did you ever wonder where people in the ancient world bought the things that they needed...

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Christopher D Stanley

Jul 28, 2020
3 min

An empire of cities

Artist's rendition of a typical Greek city One of the hardest things for modern readers to comprehend about the ancient world, at least...

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Christopher D Stanley

Jul 1, 2020
3 min

Marking time with the Romans

Since the A Slave's Story series is written from the vantage point of one of the characters in the story, I made a conscious effort to...

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Christopher D Stanley

Jun 30, 2020
2 min

Antioch-near-Pisidia

Map of modern Turkey showing the location of Antioch-near-Pisidia The city where much of this story takes place was one of 16 cities in...

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Christopher D Stanley

Jun 29, 2020
2 min

Slavery in the Roman world

Mosaic of slaves preparing for or serving at a banquet I anticipate that many of my readers will be surprised to see the relatively...

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