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How many people know that the modern hospital originated in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire? It is widely acknowledged that the first hospitals were created in Cappadocia, sometime around 370 A.D. by St. Basil, Bishop of Caesarea. There had been a tradition since ::More

In the early years, citizens of Rome saw Christ’s followers persecuted, tortured, brutalized, and murdered in huge numbers, throughout the Empire. In most cases, they did not resist the evil that was done to them – but rather, they went willingly to their painful deaths. Why? Of course they ::More

Under the general title “The course of the Greek language throughout the centuries - approaches to its study and analysis”, the 9th International Conference of Greek Linguistics was held at Chicago University from 29 to 31 October under the auspices of the International Society for ::More

Here is a presentation from Le Monde of Sylvain Gouguenheim’s “Aristotle in Mont Saint Michel”. I hope in the near future Ellopos will give its own view on this interesting book. So far as I know the book is not translated yet in English. It is translated in Greek (Olkos ::More

Interesting as always, Aeneas Quest comes with a post about the boundaries of the European Union, suggesting that these are primarily cultural and not geographical: “a culture is not limited by physical boundaries, but by human minds”. Visitors of Ellopos Blog know how much emphasis ::More