“If these synagogues were built in the 2nd or 3rd centuries, then it was in a pagan Roman environment, whereas the 4th to 6th centuries would put them already in a Christian environment ...

Jews had lived in Rome since the second century BC. Julius Caesar and Augustus supported laws that allowed Jews protection to worship as they chose. Synagogues were classified as colleges to get ...

The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE is still one of the most important and contested events in ancient history. The Roman armies commanded by General Titus burned down the Temple ...

The vestal virgins Finally, the vestal virgins lived at the Temple of Vesta in Rome. Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended the sacred fire, baked sacred ...

Rome, January 8 - Pope Francis' visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome on January 17 speaks to peace in the face of extremism, Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told ANSA in an interview Friday.

“No Roman mikva’ot (the Hebrew plural of mikveh ... The ritual bath is in part of what was the Ostia Synagogue, built at the end of the 2nd century AD. Located inside a small room, it was ...