The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although ...

In the early days of the Roman Empire, practicing Christianity could be risky. The Roman emperor Nero persecuted Christians in the first century A.D.; some were crucified, and some were forced to ...

Historical sources make references to early Christian groups in the Roman territories of Gaul and Germania Superior—both of which (primarily) lie north of the Alps.

But the miracle of Easter didn’t end there. What happened across Rome in the years that followed was in some ways just as astonishing. Before Christianity became a religion, it was the ...

Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military colony. Thousands of years later, it was unearthed. The major discovery ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.