interesting article... a Christian inscription written in Latin from the 3rd century AD.
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A small silver amulet, just 3.5 cm in size, with a thin silver foil with a mysterious incision rolled into it: the ‘Frankfurt Silver Inscription’. Experts agree that these 18 lines will greatly enrich existing research into the spread of Christianity and the late period of Roman rule on the right bank of the Rhine. The inscription was deciphered thanks to state-of-the-art computer tomography technology. It shows that the text can be interpreted entirely in Christian terms, which is absolutely extraordinary for this period.
What is special is the age of the find. The tomb in which the amulet was found is dated to between 230 and 260 AD. There has never been such early, authentic evidence of pure Christianity north of the Alps. All finds are at least around 50 years younger. There are historical references to the first Christian groups in Gaul and perhaps also in the province of Upper Germania in the late 2nd century. However, reliable evidence of Christian life in the northern Alpine regions of the Roman Empire generally only dates back to the 4th century AD.
...The city of NIDA was an administrative, economic and religious centre in the hinterland of the Upper Germanic Limes and, until its abandonment around 270/275 AD, was a major centre of the Roman Empire.
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