Table of Contents

Part 1: Topography1: Emperors, Gods, and Violence in Third-Century Rome
2: Conservator Urbis: Maxentius in Rome
3: Constantine and Rome: The Context of Innovation
4: The Christianization of the Topography of Rome, AD 337-384
Part 2: Society5: The Legal Standing of the Ancient Cults of Rome
6: Paganism, Christianity, and the Imperial Celebrations in the Circus Maximus during the Fourth Century
7: Jerome, Asceticism, and the Roman Aristocracy, AD 340-410
Towards an understanding of 'Christianization' in Rome

About the Author

John Curran is Lecturer in the School of Classics and Ancient History, Queen's University, Belfast

Reviews

`Review from previous edition a welcome addition to this distinguished series ... the author has new insights to offer in every chapter ... an impressive achievement, a work of great learning and meticulous documentation yet never dull and always readable ... Curran's excellent catalogue and discussion of the bishop's buildings is (therefore) of special value and interest ... excellent chapter on paganism, Christianity and the Circus Maximus'
Fred S.Kleiner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review