I've been researching Augustus (for an essay on his appearances in the
Aeneid), and I was struck by the contrast created by Augustus and his supporters working away to refashion the world into the Roman Empire, ruled (at least in most people's perceptions) by one man, completely oblivious to the real world-changing events happening in a small corner of his empire. I wonder if report ever reached Rome (before St. Peter arrived) of a small disturbance in Palestine, and the execution of a Man said to be a dangerous rebel? Or of reports that He had risen again?
picture: Augustus of Prima Porta
source: Wikimedia Commons
