The path to rome

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle

Danny Bird What made you decide to write about the collapse of the western Roman empire and the rise of Christianity? Alice Roberts I’ve long been fascinated by this historical period, especially in B

A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by

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