On Roman time : the codex-calendar of 354 and the rhythms of urban life in late antiquity / Michele Renee Salzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salzman, Michele Renee, Author.

Series:

Transformation of the classical heritage ; volume 17.

Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calendar, Roman.

Rome--Religious life and customs.

Rome.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Because they list all the public holidays and pagan festivals of the age, calendars provide unique insights into the culture and everyday life of ancient Rome. The Codex-Calendar of 354 miraculously survived the Fall of Rome. Although it was subsequently lost, the copies made in the Renaissance remain invaluable documents of Roman society and religion in the years between Constantine's conversion and the fall of the Western Empire. In this richly illustrated book, Michele Renee Salzman establishes that the traditions of Roman art and literature were still very much alive in the mid-fourth century. Going beyond this analysis of precedents and genre, Salzman also studies the Calendar of 354 as a reflection of the world that produced and used it. Her work reveals the continuing importance of pagan festivals and cults in the Christian era and highlights the rise of a respectable aristocratic Christianity that combined pagan and Christian practices. Salzman stresses the key role of the Christian emperors and imperial institutions in supporting pagan rituals. Such policies of accommodation and assimilation resulted in a gradual and relatively peaceful transformation of Rome from a pagan to a Christian capital.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

PART I. THE BOOK: THE CODEXCALENDAR OF 354

PART II. THE CALENDAR: A ROMAN CALENDAR FOR A.D. 354

PART III. THE WORLD: ROMAN SOCIETY AND RELIGION AND THE CODEX-CALENDAR OF 354

APPENDICES

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATED SUBJECTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612355455

9781282355453

1282355457

9780520909106

0520909100

9780585139883

0585139881

OCLC:

630528659