2007-01-23 02:04:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The catacombs, or burial chambers, which can still be visited today. This site will give you a great deal of information.http://www.catacombe.roma.it/en/presenta.html
2007-01-23 02:09:24 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catacombs tip--Europe on Pocket Change
If you're sick of tripping over ruins and stray cats in Rome, try heading out of town to the catacombs, where persecuted Christians hid in the first couple centuries A ...
www.europeonchange.com/tips/catacombs.html
2007-01-23 10:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by Janis G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the open. They were mostly slaves of the Romans until many of the soldiers converted. Then they were everywhere in the nation.
When they went into hiding, they went into the catacombs. But many were killed, esp. in the Coloseum in animal fights, and by the gladiators.
It was a Christian who ended the gladiator fights by running onto the field when he saw the fights begin, begging the gladiators not to kill one another in the name of Jesus Christ. When they slaughtered him, the people in the stands were shocked and shamed into leaving, and the fights never resumed.
2007-01-23 10:14:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only a small percentage of Christians were in Rome.
They were predominately in Asia Minor, now known as Turkey.
The churches were in:
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamos
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicia
grace2u
2007-01-23 10:22:03 · answer #4 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the "catacombs", which were tunnels built under the city. They formed an extensive network, and were also used for religious services and "burial Chambers".
2007-01-23 10:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Lions stomaches
2007-01-23 10:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by wyzrdofahs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caves
2007-01-23 10:06:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't hide. They willingly volunteered themselves for execution because they thought the only way to get to heaven was to be martyred. Sounds familiar, huh? Religion = Stupidity.
2007-01-23 12:36:15 · answer #8 · answered by The Singing President 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tombs beneath the city
catacombs
2007-01-23 10:09:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many of them hid underground where they held services and buried their dead. Otherwise, they scattered the countryside. And of those, they did not always openly profess their faith. Not all of them like the idea of ending up as lion turd.
2007-01-23 10:10:28 · answer #10 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋