Christ in Ostia: A 4th-Century Portrait in Ancient Rome

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In Ostia Antica, archaeologists discovered a hall decorated with 4th-century A.D. marbles, today preserved in the Museum of Civilizations in Rome. Among its scenes stands out a small portrait of a figure with a halo and blessing gesture, which some scholars have identified as Christ. A unique testimony of Christian faith in the early centuries of the Roman Empire.