The Martyr of the Catacombs - A Tale of Ancient Rome by Anonymous and published by Classics.
From the folds of his military mantle, Lucullus drew a scroll of parchment and handed it to Marcellus, who eagerly examined its contents. He was being appointed to a higher grade and commissioned to search out and arrest Christians in their hiding places, particularly in the Catacombs.
Marcellus read it with a clouded brow, and laid it down. “You do not seem very glad,” Lucullus said. “I confess the task is unpleasant. I am a soldier, and do not like to hunt out old men and weak children for the executioner; yet as a soldier I must obey.”
In the massive Coliseum filled with the roar of bloodthirsty crowds, a young Roman soldier was introduced to Christianity. It was the beginning of a personal spiritual pilgrimage. His quest led him to the Catacombs, a vast underground system of silent, dark corridors and rooms outside ancient Rome. The Catacombs served as a hiding place for the hated and hunted Christians and a burial place for the martyrs. it was here that Marcellus met the holy people called Christians and learned the Truth that changed them. Would it change him?
