Pagan city and Christian capital : Rome in the fourth century /

"The critical century between the arrival of Constantine and the advance of Alaric witnessed dramatic changes in the city of Rome. In this book Dr. Curran focuses on a number of new approaches to the Christianization of Rome. He surveys the political considerations which governed the building p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curran, John R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
Colección:Oxford classical monographs.
Temas:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions > Roman.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christianisme > Relations > Religion romaine.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Interfaith relations.
Religion.
Romans > Religion.
Rome > Religion.
Rome (Italy) > Church history.
Rome (Italie) > Histoire religieuse.
Italy > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Church history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Part I: Topography
  • 1: Emperors, Gods, and Violence in Third-Century Rome
  • Introduction
  • Public Building and the Topography of Rome on the Third Century
  • Soldiers and Civilians
  • The Christian Community in Rome
  • Conclusion
  • 2: Conservator Urbis: Maxentius in Rome
  • Introduction: Rome and the Tetrarchs
  • The Usurpation of Maxentius
  • Building Activity in Rome
  • Maxentius and the Christians
  • The End
  • Conclusion
  • 3: Constantine and Rome: The Context of Innovation
  • Introduction
  • Constantine and the Centre of Rome: October 312
  • Constantine and the Destruction of the Memory of Maxentius in the Centre of Rome
  • Constantine's Christian Buildings in Rome
  • Conclusion
  • 4: The Christianization of the Topography of Rome, AD 337-384
  • Introduction
  • Bishop Julius and His Predecessors
  • The Basilica-Mausoleum Complex on the Via Nomentana
  • Liberius and Felix
  • Damasus and Ursinus
  • The Roman Churches of Damasus
  • The Epigrammata of Damasus
  • Conclusion
  • Part II: Society
  • 5: The Legal Standing of the Ancient Cults of Rome
  • Introduction
  • Working with the Theodosian Code
  • Constantine
  • The House of Constantine
  • Julian and Jovian
  • Valentinian and the West
  • Gratian, Valentinian II, and the West
  • Theodosius
  • Conclusion
  • 6: Paganism, Christianity and the Imperial Celebrations in the Circus Maximus During the Fourth Century
  • Introduction
  • The Festival Calendar
  • The Importance of the Circus Games
  • The Iconography of the Circus Maximus in the Fourth Century
  • The Pompa Circi and the Christian Emperor
  • Conclusion
  • 7: Jerome, Asceticism, and the Roman Aristocracy, AD 340-410
  • Introduction
  • The Roman Aristocracy Redefined
  • The Context of Senatorial Asceticism
  • Christian Asceticism: Points of Conflict
  • Jerome and the 'Sham': Christians of Rome
  • Melania the Younger, Valerius Pinianus and the Fall of Rome
  • Status in an Ascetic Context
  • Conclusion
  • Towards an Understanding of C̀hristianization' in Rome
  • Illustrations
  • Bibliography.

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