Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century (Oxford Classical Monographs (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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Short Description for Pagan City and Christian Capital This title breaks away from notions of religious conflict between Christians and pagans, to focus on a number of approaches to the Christianization of Rome. It surveys laws and political considerations, and the conflict between Christians over "real" Christianity.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 22 August 2002
- Format: Paperback 389 pages
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- Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Church History
- ISBN 13: 9780199254200 ISBN 10: 0199254206
- Sales rank: 916,854
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Full description for Pagan City and Christian Capital
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.
