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Martyrdom and Rome

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This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often willful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities of the Roman empire. By exploring the remains of contemporary documents of martyrdoms in the centuries before Constantine, it provides a historical explanation of why martyrdom occurred when and as it did, and thereby tries to expose the fundamental assumptions of a radical new form of religious and political dissidence that has been a powerful influence down to our own times.

Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: October 03, 2002

ISBN: 0521530490

ISBN 13: 9780521530491

Martyrdom and Rome

Glen W. Bowersock

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Language: English

Pages: 120

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: October 03, 2002

ISBN: 0521530490

ISBN 13: 9780521530491

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