The Blood of the Martyrs: The Attitudes of Pagan Emperors and Crowds Towards Christians, from Nero to Julian

The Blood of the Martyrs: The Attitudes of Pagan Emperors and Crowds Towards Christians, from Nero to Julian

This MA thesis will discuss the reception of common, non-scholarly polytheists (pagans) to the persecution of Christians from the early empire until the Great Persecution (303-313, 322-324). Though modern scholars have addressed this issue and asserted that there was a change in attitude, many have...

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Main Author: Miletti, Domenico
Other Authors: Greatrex, Geoffrey
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2016
Subjects:
Pagans
Christians
Roman Persecution
Christian Persecution
Tetrarchy
Diocletian
Constantine
Decius
Valerian
Maximinus Daia
Pagan attitudes
Religio
Late Antiquity
Christianity
Roman Religion
Paganism
Christian Martyrs
Authentic Christian Martyrs
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35025
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5108

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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35025
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-5108

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