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1 online resource (xx, 389 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Oxford classical monographs
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Oxford classical monographs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-383) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Christianity and other religions -- Roman.
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Christianity and other religions. |
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Rome -- Religion.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Religion. |
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Rome (Italy) -- Church history.
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| Chronological Term |
30-600 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Curran, John R. Pagan city and Christian capital. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0198152787 (DLC) 99036418 (OCoLC)41641325 |
| ISBN |
9780191541506 (electronic book) |
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0191541508 (electronic book) |
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1423767691 (electronic book) |
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9781423767695 (electronic book) |
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9780198152781 (Cloth) |
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0198152787 (Cloth) |
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