Palaeo-Christian architecture

art produced by Christians before Byzantine times

church

ancient city in Serbia

thumb|330px|The largely 5th-century interior of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio|Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome A martyrium (Latin) or martyrion (Greek) (: martyria), sometimes anglicized martyry (: "martyries"), is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr. It is associated with a specific architectural form, centered on a central element and thus built on a central plan, that is, of a circular or sometimes octagonal or cruciform shape.

church building in Novi Pazar, Serbia

method employed in the Interpretatio Christiana