Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women Before 1400

Perpetua Is Martyred in the Arena (1x7)

Air date: Jan 01, 2019

Follow the story of Vibia Perpetua, one of the earliest reliably verified Christian martyrs. How did the well-educated daughter of a noble family end up publicly executed in the arena? Trace the seemingly random series of events that led to a tragic death and see how Perpetua's record of her own experiences became an immensely popular text in the early Christian church.