The Roman emperor Julianius became famous (or even notorious) for turning his back in Christianity and attempting to restore paganism. But as historians observed, Julianius could not turn the clock back: Instead he had to re-invent paganism as a consistent religion with established doctrines, something it had never been. Ancient Roman theological doctrines were flexible and syncretic, easily …

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I remember when I was at school I learnt a bit about Rome and maybe touched on Egypt but there was no room in the sylabus for the Hittites, Babylon, etc. To me these civilisations are equally as important as Rome and Egypt and should be given more air time.