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The Falls of Rome

Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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The Falls of Rome

Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

Focuses on the resilience of generations of Roman men and women, and their ability to reconstitute their city and society.

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1107111420

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On Roman Time

The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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On Roman Time

The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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 accomodation and assimilation resulted in a gradual and relatively peaceful transformation of Rome from a pagan to a Christian capital.

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Univ of California Press

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0520909100

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The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire

By: Michele Renee Salzman

What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? Michele Salzman takes a fresh approach to this much-debated question. Focusing on a sampling of individual aristocratic men and women as well as on writings and archeological evidence, she brings new understanding to the process by which pagan aristocrats became Christian, and Christianity became aristocratic. Roman aristocrats would seem to be unlikely candidates for conversion to Christianity. Pagan and civic traditions were deeply entrenched among the educated and politically well-connected. Indeed, men who held state offices often were also esteemed priests in the pagan state cults: these priesthoods were traditionally sought as a way to reinforce one's social position. Moreover, a religion whose texts taught love for one's neighbor and humility, with strictures on wealth and notions of equality, would not have obvious appeal for those at the top of a hierarchical society. Yet somehow in the course of the fourth and early fifth centuries Christianity and the Roman aristocracy met and merged. Examining the world of the ruling class--its institutions and resources, its values and style of life--Salzman paints a fascinating picture, especially of aristocratic women. Her study yields new insight into the religious revolution that transformed the late Roman Empire.

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Harvard University Press

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The Falls of Rome

Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity

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Focuses on the resilience of generations of Roman men and women, and their ability to reconstitute their city and society.

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On Roman Time

The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity

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Univ of California Press

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The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire

By: Michele Renee Salzman

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The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire

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The Falls of Rome

The Falls of Rome

On Roman Time

On Roman Time

The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

The Falls of Rome

The Falls of Rome

On Roman Time

On Roman Time

The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

The Making of a Christian Aristocracy

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