Caravaggio's 'The Incredulity of St. Thomas'
By Brad Miner
There was once a monument in Rome called Milliarium Aureum: the Golden Milestone. The Emperor Augustus erected it in the Forum in about 20 B.C. All distances in Ancient Rome were said to be marked from (or to) that spot. There's still a round remnant of it in the Roman Forum.
It gave rise to the phrase, "All roads lead to Rome," for the very good reason that they did. The 12th-century poet-theologian Alain de Lille was the first to use the phrase, as Mille viae ducunt homines per saecula Romam: Qui dominum toto quaerere corde volunt ("A thousand roads lead forever to Rome, the…
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