The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1–100
1 work
c. 41
Greek
In Flaccum
Philo of Alexandria · c. 20 BC – c. AD 50
The pogrom of AD 38 in Alexandria told by a witness: the mock-crowning of a beggar to insult the Jewish king, the houses looted, the elders flogged in the theatre, and the governor who allowed it dragged off to exile and killed.
301–400
1 work
c. 311–313
Greek
Eusebius of Caesarea · c. 260 – c. 340
An eyewitness record of the Diocletianic persecution in the province where Eusebius lived, year by year and name by name — the mines at Phaeno, the men blinded in one eye and hamstrung in one foot and sent to labour, and his own teacher Pamphilus in prison for two years before the end.
1101–1200
1 work
c. 1185–1187
Greek
Eustathius of Thessalonica · c. 1115–c. 1195
An eyewitness account of the Norman sack of the city by its archbishop, who stayed with his people and negotiated with the occupiers.
3 of 1774 works