Early Christians in the Roman Empire | Kyle Harper

In this episode, we listen to noted historian Kyle Harper as he speaks to an Upper House audience during our recent Geneva Forum on what life was like in the Roman Empire in the time of Christ.Kyle Harper is the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty, Professor of Classics and Letters, and Senior Advisor to the President, all at the University of Oklahoma. Harper has been a Guggenheim Fellow and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow. He’s also a Fractal Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of 4 books including, “The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire”, which was first published in 2017 and provided a portion of the context for this presentation.  As always we invite you to leave us a rating on your favorite podcast app or send us a comment at ⁠[email protected]⁠.Credits: Music by Micah Behr, audio engineering by Jesse Koopman, graphic design by Madeline Ramsey.Send us Fan MailCONNECT WITH USSubscribe to The UpWords Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and visit slbf.org/studio to learn more about our work at the intersection of faith, the academy, and the marketplace.This episode was created by the SLBF STUDIO at Upper House.Produced by Daniel Johnson and Dave ConourEdited by Dave Conour