These catacombs mark a definitive period in ancient Roman history: the gradual takeover of the Roman Empire by Christianity.

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

Begins by using a map to show the first Roman road to be built in Britain: Watling Street, which ran between Richborough and Chester. It then shows Ermine Street, which ran from London to York ...

About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of the third century, is also when we begin to get the Roman catacombs developing. Now, according to tradition, you know, the catacombs are ...

Adriano Morabito agrees. "We don't expect any great discovery from Roman catacombs. Early Christians didn't bury objects with the dead. As for now, we have only found inscriptions and human remains." ...

Beneath the streets of Rome lies a city of the dead known as the Catacombs—a labyrinth of ... Or were they felled by a deadly plague? In "Roman Catacomb Mystery," NOVA's forensic investigation ...