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Six distinctive features of early Christianity will be illustrated by way of a journey through the Ancient Mediterranean, from Rome to Greece, Asia Minor, and North Africa. Brief visits to better and lesser-known places of the early Jesus movement exemplify the challenge of cultural witness for the first generations of Christ-believers.

A Leftist Defence of Monarchy. Prince Aimone of Savoia-Aosta and his son Umberto. The pictures were taken yesterday, at the Vittoriale, on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. King Charles III has issued his first Commonwealth Day message to commemorate Commonwealth Day 2023. Commonwealth Day is an ...

One theory advanced by Andrew Chugg, author of The Lost Tomb of Alexander The Great, suggests Alexander’s tomb may have been converted into the Church of St Mark, the founder of Christianity in Alexandria. This church is first mentioned in the 390s, around the same time as the last recorded words on Alexander’s body.

Nationalism originated with Constantine’s error. When Constantine (r. 306–337) won the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312, and with it control of Rome, he immediately began to institute Christianity as (more or less) the official religion of the Roman Empire.

C. 246-222 BC Reverse: Eagle standing left. Some green and red surface deposits with good metal and detail. Ref: SNG Cop 224-226. Weight: 49.58g Size: 39mm

Hagia Sophia, which was built over 1600 years ago as a basilica for the Greek Orthodox Christian Church, is an icon of Istanbul, Turkey. In 360 A.D., Byzantine Emperor Constantius commissioned the foundations for a pagan temple ordered by Constantine I in 325, and the original church was built on the same site.