Pagan city and Christian capital : Rome in the fourth century / John R. Curran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curran, John R.

Series:

Oxford Classical Monographs

Oxford classical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Christianity and other religions--Roman.

Christianity and other religions.

Rome--Religion.

Rome.

Rome (Italy)--Church history.

Rome (Italy).

Genre:

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 389 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 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 archaeological, 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 western 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."--Jacket.

Contents:

pt. 1. Topography. 1. Emperors, Gods, and Violence in Third-Century Rome. 2. Conservator Urbis: Maxentius in Rome. 3. Constantine and Rome: The Context of Innovation. 4. The Christianization of the Topography of Rome, AD 337-384

pt. 2. Society. 5. The Legal Standing of the Ancient Cults of Rome. 6. Paganism, Christianity, and the Imperial Celebrations in the Circus Maximus During the Fourth Century. 7. Jerome, Asceticism, and the Roman Aristocracy, AD 340-410. Towards an Understanding of 'Christianization' in Rome.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-383) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-44481-9

0-19-154150-8

1-4237-6769-1

OCLC:

1027166924