Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine — Season 1, Episode 5: Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Host Jonathan Phillips treks to North Africa to tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story still resonates today. Phillips visits places where Christians faced unimaginable violence because of their beliefs, where the Roman Empire threatened everything that Christians stood for with their pagan temples, emperor cult and vicious tortures.
About Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine
Jonathan Phillips attempts to find the answer to the question: How did Christianity grow and develop from just a small, Jewish sect to the largest, and majority, dominant religion of the West?