A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple was found during excavations in the ancient hilltop town of Spello, which is ...

It was a gradual process of cultural adaptation and syncretism, where Christian and pagan traditions blended. The ...

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The classic pagan mind, shaped by Graeco-Roman idealism, even at best was not good enough for the West. The old culture at its vulgar or common level was beneath the dignity of Christians.

Researchers have identified what is believed to be the world's earliest surviving Christian inscription, shedding light on an ancient sect that followed the teachings of a second-century ...

In point of fact, from Roman perspective, this is the virtue of philanthropy, of love of humanity, and it's one of the most important virtues of Roman civic and public life. The Christians seem to ...

Pagan then Christian, Roman then Greek, the eastern empire endured for 1,123 years, bridging the centuries between the ancient and modern ages. The life of Constantine XI Palaiologos ...

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