Pagan City and Christian Capital

TRAMA

This book is a study of the transformation of the landscape, civic life, and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire.

NOTE EDITORE

The critical century between the arrival of Constantine and the advance of Alaric in the early fifth century witnessed dramatic changes in the city of Rome. In this book Dr Curran has broken away from the usual notions of religious conflict between Christians and pagans, to focus on a number of approaches to the Christianization of Rome. He surveys the laws and political considerations which governed the building policy of Constantine and his successors, the effect of papal building and commemorative constructions on Roman topography, the continuing ambivalence of the Roman festal calendar, and the conflict between Christians over asceticism and 'real' Christianity. Thus using analytical, literary, and legal evidence Dr Curran explains the way in which the landscape, civic life, and moral values of Rome were transformed by complex and sometimes paradoxical forces, laying the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom. Through a study of Rome as a city Dr Curran explores the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire.

SOMMARIO

1 - Emperors, Gods, and Violence in Third-Century Rome2 - Conservator Urbis: Maxentius in Rome3 - Constantine and Rome: The Context of Innovation4 - The Christianization of the Topography of Rome, AD 337-3845 - The Legal Standing of the Ancient Cults of Rome6 - Paganism, Christianity, and the Imperial Celebrations in the Circus Maximus during the Fourth Century7 - Jerome, Asceticism, and the Roman Aristocracy, AD 340-410

AUTORE

John Curran is Lecturer in the School of Classics and Ancient History, Queen's University, Belfast

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199254200
• Collana: Oxford Classical Monographs
• Dimensioni: 216 x 21.9 x 139 mm Ø 511 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 34pp linedrawings and maps
• Pagine Arabe: 412