Gregory the Great's Love for Sicily

Sicily was important to Roman life at the time because Sicily was the bread basket of Rome. It had a Greek culture early on and it seems to have considered itself to be more Greek than Latin through the time of the fathers. A lot of the popes were taken from Sicily for that reason, you know, they were Sicilians. They also had some understanding of Rome as well.

Transcript

Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!

Get the app