The conflict between Roman and Judeo-Christian ideologies resulted in a series of significant events in ancient times. Christianity, which initially faced persecution, eventually gained widespread ...

Karen L. King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...

‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’ Cover of ‘Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins: ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a 2,150-square-foot Byzantine bishop's bathhouse in ancient Olympus, Turkey, dating back ...

After many years of serving the Roman Empire, Pliny the Younger was appointed imperial governor of the merged kingdoms of Bithynia and Pontus situated in Anatolia on the southern shores of the Black ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons It’s a ...

A mysterious new illness arrived from the East, killing young and the old. The rich fled cramped cities as doctors desperately tried new but ultimately useless remedies. The economy faltered. But ...

A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that "adds significant insights into the social changes" from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the Roman ...