Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dura-Europos, in the Syrian Desert, is the most important Roman site you've probably never heard of. On Dura's fall to the Sassanid Persians, see the video by @Historia.Militum: youtu.be/JzHxTrKmOPM
Use your mobile device to scan the QR code onscreen (6:00), and get five free tickets for the Portyl app.
Check out my Spring 2026 group tours:
The Roman Ruins of Spain: wetravel.com/trips/roman-spain-with-toldinstone-pilgrim-groups-travel-llc-67635040
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: truebluetour.wetravel.com/i/688f1c9224c0d63d24bdeb3d
The Toldinstone Patreon: patreon.com/toldinstone
My other channels are @toldinstonefootnotes and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:46 History of Dura-Europos
2:11 Excavation
3:08 Military artifacts
5:15 Portyl
6:13 Religion and society
7:33 Synagogue
8:30 House church
9:20 The fall of Dura
Dura-Europos, in the Syrian Desert, is the most important Roman site you've probably never heard of. On Dura's fall to the Sassanid Persians, see the video by @Historia.Militum: youtu.be/JzHxTrKmOPM
Use your mobile device to scan the QR code onscreen (6:00), and get five free tickets for the Portyl app.
Check out my Spring 2026 group tours:
The Roman Ruins of Spain: wetravel.com/trips/roman-spain-with-toldinstone-pilgrim-groups-travel-llc-67635040
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: truebluetour.wetravel.com/i/688f1c9224c0d63d24bdeb3d
The Toldinstone Patreon: patreon.com/toldinstone
My other channels are @toldinstonefootnotes and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:46 History of Dura-Europos
2:11 Excavation
3:08 Military artifacts
5:15 Portyl
6:13 Religion and society
7:33 Synagogue
8:30 House church
9:20 The fall of Dura
