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Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century

By John R. Curran

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
9780198152781, 0-19-815278-7
LCC
BR205 .C87 1999
Open Library ID
OL22370127M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6849083 bytes)
Series
Oxford Classical Monographs
Pages
412\412
Topic
History
Time added
2010-05-17 00:23:50
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

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.

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