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Daily Life of Christians in Ancient Rome

Daily Life of Christians in Ancient Rome

Ermatinger, James

Hardcover

Series: Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History

Ancient RomeGeneral ChristianityGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0313335648
ISBN13: 9780313335648
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: Nov 30 2006
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.28
Language: English

Christians in ancient Rome were a persecuted minority, living in communities of worship and sometimes in fear. Despite this, their daily lives were largely similar to that of the Romans they lived among. This volume explores the private and public daily lives of Christians in the ancient Roman world--primarily in the city of Rome--from the death of Jesus to Emperor Constantine's legalization of Christianity in 354 C.E. From the New Testament's vivid descriptions of the earliest Christians, the followers of Jesus of Nazareth, to the archaeological evidence from ancient Rome itself (catacombs, inscriptions, etc.), to the bloody accounts of the Roman states occasional persecution of Christians, this compelling title in the Greenwood Daily Life through History series brings to vivid life the ancient Christians of the Roman empire.

Thematic chapters examine the day to day behavior of Christians in the Roman world, including the conversion of Gentiles, religious practices and afterlife, food, housing and clothing, interaction with paganism, and private and public life.

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