The victory of Emperor Constantine during a civil war allowed for some of the most dramatic events in Roman history. The emperor’s tale of divine intervention at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge ...

and symbols of war. On both the real and Anglo-Saxon imitation solidi, the standard clearly displays a cross, and the figure holds a miniature Nike, a traditional Roman symbol of victory.

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they won war after war. One of the main reasons for this was the Roman dedication to training and discipline. Roman soldiers spent a long time training and practicing their skills. Roman soldiers ...

ANITA: What other Roman gods were there? MUM: The Romans had HUNDREDS of gods. The soldiers want to fight well? Pray to the god of war, Mars. Travelling at night, through the country side and ...

Clearly for Josephus, who was supported by the Roman Emperor in Rome after the war, who started out a general ... The star is the star of Judah, one of the symbols of the political expectation ...

Not much information exists about Roman women in the first century. Women were not allowed to be active in politics, so nobody wrote about them. Neither were they taught how to write, so they ...