異教の都市からキリスト教の首都へ：４世紀のローマ Pagan City and Christian Capital : Rome in the Fourth Century (Oxford Classical Monographs)

Curran, John R

Oxford University Press（2002/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 412 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199254200
• DDC分類 937.608

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2000. Examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the late Roman empire, which laid the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom.

Full 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.

Contents

1. EMPERORS, GODS, AND VIOLENCE IN THIRD-CENTURY ROME ; 5. THE LEGAL STANDING OF THE ANCIENT CULTS OF ROME