Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine
Pagans and the Cult of Martyrs
TV-PG
S1 • E5 Apr 28, 2015Host 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.
