[7] He has also reached the public with his historical knowledge through appearances on various media platforms including NBC's The Today Show, CNN, The History Channel and a range of local radio stations.
[10] In one of his first published books, Prophets and Emperors: Human and Divine Authority from Augustus to Theodosius, Potter explored "how prophecy worked, how it could empower, and how the diverse inhabitants of the Roman Empire used it to make sense of their world.
Routledge writes that this volume "is the only one-volume history of the critical years 180–395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centered on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religion—Christianity.
Historian David Neal Greenwood describes Potter's method of historical analysis as choosing "select key individuals that dominated an era, including emperors, intellectuals, and religious leaders, and use them as a lens through which to examine the period at hand.
"[13] Greenwood also notes that the range of time of which Potter is writing history is useful because it "straddles and engages periods of great transformation, rather than allowing the work to be demarcated by it, thereby treating the Roman Empire as a continuous and evolving organization.
The reviewer, historian James Lunt, points out that "the discussion of athletics within the vast extent of Bronze Age, Greek, and Roman history makes for occasionally clumsy generalizations and distracting diversions.