{"podcast":{"title":"The Pax Romana Podcast","slug":"the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386","podcast_index_feed_id":6582386,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76256a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://paxromanapodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38719816/38719816-1729179050701-aec544dacce82.jpg","author":"Professor Colin Elliott","episode_count":115,"summary":"The assassination of Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago unleashed a wild era of Roman emperors, dark conspiracies, intense battles, economic booms and busts and profound religious shifts. Was this truly the Roman Empire's golden age? On the weekly Pax Romana Podcast, Historian Colin Elliott brings gripping stories from Roman history to life. Dive into history starting in episode 1 , or pick your poison from our catalogue: the birth of the empire in the Age of Augustus, Nero's Great Fire, the rise of Christianity, the wisdom and wars of Marcus Aurelius or the military chaos of the third century AD.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386"},"episode":{"title":"The Council of Nicaea - The Pax Romana Podcast 85","slug":"the-council-of-nicaea-the-pax-romana-podcast-85","published_at":"2025-07-10T05:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/the-council-of-nicaea-the-pax-romana-podcast-85","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paxromanapodcast/episodes/The-Council-of-Nicaea---The-Pax-Romana-Podcast-85-e35be21","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76256a0/podcast/play/105281025/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-9%2F1a1c6ce9-f8db-88ef-5340-d9437ba6107b.mp3","summary":"In 325 AD, a gathering of bishops in a small town near Constantinople changed the course of Christianity and the Roman Empire forever. Known as the Council of Nicaea, this wasn’t just a theological debate—it was a collision of imperial power and religious authority. At its heart was Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, whose dream of a unified empire under one God reshaped church and state. But why did Constantine step into this religious fray? How did his decisions at Nicaea influence the future of Western civilization? Donate: ⁠https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WZTWCMWCJJYFC⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ProfCPE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Professor Elliott's newest book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .","meta_description":"In 325 AD, a gathering of bishops in a small town near Constantinople changed the course of Christianity and the Roman Empire forever. Known as the Counci…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/episodes/the-council-of-nicaea-the-pax-romana-podcast-85/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/the-council-of-nicaea-the-pax-romana-podcast-85.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}