Last Wednesday, many churches around the world observed the “Red Wednesday,” an occasion to honor the many martyrs who have ...

Ancient athletic competitions shaped how people thought about beauty, the body, self-control, education and competition. For victorious gladiators, the outcast and the slave could paradoxically embody ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire ... This meant taking a more relaxed approach to ancient Jewish laws about food and circumcision.

You might be surprised to learn that there are threads that tie together gladiators, Christian martyrs and the sense of persecution ... understood by Roman society. Ancient athletic competitions ...

You might be surprised to learn that there are threads that tie together gladiators, Christian martyrs and the sense of persecution ... understood by Roman society. Ancient athletic competitions ...

After a long period in which the persecutions of Christianity ... of Rome. This simply brings those into the Christian fold and in many ways, it backfires. So the Decian persecution is very ...

Photograph by Richard Hewitt Stewart, National Geographic According to a legend, Pope Sixtus II entrusted the Holy Grail to Lawrence to save it from the persecution of Emperor Valerian.