Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine

Tracing the life of Jesus from birth to resurrection.

Paul's quest is to bring the Christian message to Asia and Europe.

The remaining apostles, except for John, are martyred for their beliefs. Paul and Peter meet their fate in Rome.

The city of Jerusalem endures war. Patmos Island, where John was exiled, and the cave where he wrote most of Revelation.

Host 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.

In the final episode, host Jonathan Phillips explains how Rome exerted its fullest effort to eradicate Christianity. The faith grew stronger as the empires and emperors weakened. It would be the conversion of one man - Constantine the Great - that would fully transform the fortunes of the Christian faith.