This site is for anyone interested in learning more about the first three centuries of the Christian Church. The editor has spent thousands of hours over many years researching and writing about this period.

Sep 5, 2018 · This site is for anyone interested in learning about Early Church History, Ancient Rome and the Early Church Fathers. It's loaded with fascinating articles.

How did the ancient Romans and Early Christians dress? These articles give the reader details of the hairstyles, the clothing, the perfumes and fashion accoutrements of the ancients.

The very early Christian church was largely composed of slaves and of those on the socio-economic fringes of society. The revolutionary concept was that a believer in Christ is a slave to Him regardless …

The Monument is a stele, a stone slab erected in 781 AD during the Tang dynasty documenting c. 150 years of Christian history (from c. 635 AD until 781) in China.

The Fractio Panis fresco, early 100’s, is the clearest example we have in catacomb art of the ritual of the Eucharist in the first two hundred years of the Gentile Church in Rome.

But overall, throughout history, fishmongers have had a bad name. Antiphanes (444-385 BC) the Athenian comic playwright in his Knave-Hater describes the most depraved, conniving people of his …

Roman History 62.16-18 In the aftermath of the Great Fire, the Roman people suspected arson and they suspected their insane ruler Nero. The palace servants spread the word that “the emperor had …

Eusebius in the early 300’s was much closer to documents and oral tradition than we are 2,000 years later. However, his 2 BC date obviates the interaction between Herod and Jesus by conflicting with …

The Bible and the two books of Josephus are the most reliable sources for those interested in the ancient world and in the world of the early Christians. The following is the reliable Josephus’ …