“It was typical of the regime to appropriate pagan and Roman myths or symbols as means of glorification and power,” says Franchetti. Inspired by the ideal of great Ancient Rome, Mussolini quite ...

They're just different. They're foreign. [W]e have a good example of this kind of pagan perspective on Christians from a little graffiti found in Rome from the Palatine Hill. It shows a man ...

was something that most families practiced in the city of Rome. So, we have to imagine as part of their daily life, as part of their regular activity, Christians, just like their pagan neighbors ...

When is Christmas celebration meritorious?Before going to the merit of Christmas celebration, let us first take a brief look at its origin. Some claim that it i ...

Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of his reign, Prince Gaius Augustus Germanicus, known as Caligula, arrives at the depraved ruler's ...

A Roman coin of the last pagan emperor which might have been deliberately damaged as an "act of erasure" was found by two metal detectorists. It depicts Julian the Apostate, part of Rome's first ...