Roman baths survived as a church
How a Roman bathhouse endured when the Christians took it over
Greetings Gold and Silver Level Templar Knights! You’re not going to believe me but that church in the picture was once a Roman bathhouse. Let me try and convince you!
Between 298CE and 306CE, the emperor Diocletian built a huge bath complex near what is now Termini train station. He was the last pagan emperor before Constantine converted to Christianity…
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