CHRISTOPHER D. STANLEY is a professor at St. Bonaventure University who studies the social and religious history of the Greco-Roman world, with special attention to early Christianity and Judaism. He has written or edited six books and dozens of professional articles on the subject and presents papers regularly at conferences around the world. The trilogy A Slave’s Story, which grew out of his historical research on first-century Asia Minor, is his first work of fiction. He is currently working on an academic book that explores healing practices in the Greco-Roman world, a subject that plays a vital role in this series.  

"The Past is a foreign country. They do things differently there." L.P. Hartley

https://www.aslavesstory.com

The photos in the show notes depict the Asclepion (hospital/healing center) in Pergamum

https://www.bestturkeytour.com/asclepion-pergamon-turkey/