Byzantine Patriarch Anthony warned the Church cannot endure without an empire, emphasizing their inseparable unity during ...

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Ancient scribes often calculated Christ’s birth as falling in early spring. "A Roman Feast (Saturnalia)" by Roberto Bompiani, currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The ancient empire had ...

The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History (United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2018). Heather, Peter. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the ...

A version of this essay first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Two years ago, a viral trend tore ...

Constantine’s battles for control of the Roman Empire reshaped both politics and religion. After adopting the Christian symbol before the Milvian Bridge in 312, he defeated his rivals and unified the ...

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In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine received a vision from God: if he embraced Christianity he would win. His ...