Jesus’ birth is usually taken to be somewhere around 4 BCE, the year of the death of Herod of Judea. This would not have been a notable event from the perspective of the Roman Empire. Our best guesses as to the population of the Roman Empire at the time lie at around 50 million pe...
aChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The date of commemoration is not known to be Jesus' actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either a historical Roman festival or the winte...