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  To the question of whether Christianity entered Britain during the Roman period, yes absolutely. Most evidence comes from the later third and fourth centuries.
  
  The mosaics at the villas at Hinton St. Mary, Lullingstone and elsewhere depict Christian iconography such a the Chi-Rho monogram and pomegranates, a symbol of eternal life. Rare Roman burials are interpreted as Christian and the Walter Newton treasure consists of silver plate with Christian symbolism.
  
  There certainly was a Christian presence in late Roman Britain, but it is impossible to know how widespread or accepted it was. It probably to some extent depended on the beliefs of the Emperor at the time as to how outwardly popular it was. Even so, the Romans were remarkably tolerant of various religions in their different forms and worship of various belief systems throughout the Empire were pretty much accepted. Christianity, Mithraism and paganism probably co-existed happily in later Roman Britain. There was even a temple of Isis from Egyptian mythology in London.

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