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Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome
Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century
Edited by
MICHELE RENEE SALZMAN
University of California, Riverside
MARIANNE SÁGHY
Central European University, Budapest
RITA LIZZI TESTA
Università di Perugia
University Printing House, Cambridge, 2016
This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social
changes taking place in late antique Rome. The essays in this volume
argue that the once-dominant notion of pagan–Christian religious conflict
cannot fully explain the texts and artifacts, as well as the social, religious,
and political realities of late antique Rome. Together, the chapters
demonstrate that the fourth-century city was a more fluid, vibrant, and
complex place than was previously thought.
Competition between diverse groups in Roman society – be it pagans with
Christians, Christians with Christians, or pagans with pagans – did create
tensions and hostility, but it also allowed for coexistence and reduced the
likelihood of overt violent, physical conflict. Competition and
coexistence, along with conflict, emerge as still central paradigms for
those who seek to understand the transformations of Rome from the age of
Constantine through the early fifth century.
Michele Renee Salzman is Professor of Ancient History at the University of
California, Riverside. She is the author of numerous articles and books on
late antiquity and recently published The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1
(including a translation with Michael Roberts, 2011).
Marianne Sághy is Associate Professor in the Medieval Studies Department
at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. She has published
several books and articles in Hungarian, English and French on Damasus
of Rome and on late antique hagiography.
Rita Lizzi Testa is Professor of Roman History at the Università di Perugia
(Italy), a member of the International Advisory Board of “CUA Studies in
Early Christianity,” and of the Advisory Board for the NAPS-Christianity in
Late Antiquity Series. She is author of several books, numerous articles,
and editor of many volumes.
Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century
Edited by
MICHELE RENEE SALZMAN
University of California, Riverside
MARIANNE SÁGHY
Central European University, Budapest
RITA LIZZI TESTA
Università di Perugia
University Printing House, Cambridge, 2016
This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social
changes taking place in late antique Rome. The essays in this volume
argue that the once-dominant notion of pagan–Christian religious conflict
cannot fully explain the texts and artifacts, as well as the social, religious,
and political realities of late antique Rome. Together, the chapters
demonstrate that the fourth-century city was a more fluid, vibrant, and
complex place than was previously thought.
Competition between diverse groups in Roman society – be it pagans with
Christians, Christians with Christians, or pagans with pagans – did create
tensions and hostility, but it also allowed for coexistence and reduced the
likelihood of overt violent, physical conflict. Competition and
coexistence, along with conflict, emerge as still central paradigms for
those who seek to understand the transformations of Rome from the age of
Constantine through the early fifth century.
Michele Renee Salzman is Professor of Ancient History at the University of
California, Riverside. She is the author of numerous articles and books on
late antiquity and recently published The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1
(including a translation with Michael Roberts, 2011).
Marianne Sághy is Associate Professor in the Medieval Studies Department
at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. She has published
several books and articles in Hungarian, English and French on Damasus
of Rome and on late antique hagiography.
Rita Lizzi Testa is Professor of Roman History at the Università di Perugia
(Italy), a member of the International Advisory Board of “CUA Studies in
Early Christianity,” and of the Advisory Board for the NAPS-Christianity in
Late Antiquity Series. She is author of several books, numerous articles,
and editor of many volumes.