The discovery of the grave of a Roman soldier named Tiberius Panthera, member of a cohort of Syrian archers stationed in Palestine in the first century, might support those ancient rumors.

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

For Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, ... Worship: What Age for Christian Soldiers? Worship: What Age for Christian Soldiers? 4 minute read. TIME. February 24, 1967 12:00 AM GMT-5.

One Roman soldier had enormous feet, 2,000-year-old waterlogged leather shoe reveals. Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony.

Throughout medieval times, Easter was often a dangerous time for Jewish communities, whom Christians targeted as “Christ-killers.”This perception was integral to the hate that motivated mass ...

A Roman governor ordered Jesus’ crucifixion – so why did many Christians blame Jews for centuries? By Nathanael Andrade , Binghamton University, State University of New York Updated April 12 ...