Papà Isblagi on Nostr: that Rome was not yet Europe, since Europe as a cultural concept (not geographical) ...

that Rome was not yet Europe, since Europe as a cultural concept (not geographical) arrives during the early middle ages and, precisely, through Christianity as opposite to Islam.

Rome (the one Halverson is quoting, that of the roman empire) was by far much mor connected to Egypt or Tunis/Cartago and all the mediterranean seashore than central and northern Europe.