It's one of the holiest and most somber days in the Christian calendar as followers remember the execution of Jesus.

The citizens of the Roman empire and ... Asclepius was transformed into a star after his death. Asclepius was an immensely popular god, originally in Greece but later also in Rome.

In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth. She therefore combined the duties of several Roman goddesses, including Cybele, Aphrodite and ...

Before then, Christians got into trouble because they refused to worship the emperor as a god. Some Christians were arrested and put to death. At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire ...