TY - BOOK ID - 2554297 TI - Martyrdom and Rome PY - 1995 SN - 0521465397 0521530490 0511518544 9780521465397 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Persecution KW - Martyrdom KW - Persécutions KW - Martyre KW - History KW - Christianity KW - History of doctrines KW - Histoire KW - Christianisme KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - Rome KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - -Martyrdom KW - -Death KW - Suffering KW - Martyrs KW - Christians KW - Religious persecution KW - Atrocities KW - -Christianity KW - -History of doctrines KW - -Religious aspects KW - Religious aspects KW - Persecutions KW - -Persecution KW - -History KW - -Rome KW - -Christians KW - -Persecutions KW - Persécutions KW - Church history KW - Death KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. KW - Martyrdom (Christianity) KW - 30 B.C.-476 A.D. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Persecution - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Martyrdom - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Rome - Politics and government - 30 B.C.-476 A.D UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2554297 AB - This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often wilful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and outlook of the cities of the Roman empire. Professor Bowersock begins by investigating both the time and the region in which martyrdom, as we know it, came into being. He also offers comparisons of the Graeco-Roman background with the martyrology of Jews and Muslims. A study of official protocols illuminates the bureaucratic institutions of the Roman state as they applied to the first martyrs; and the martyrdoms themselves are seen within the context of urban life (and public spectacle) in the great imperial cities. By considering martyrdom in relation to suicide, the author is also able to demonstrate the peculiarly Roman character of Christian self-sacrifice in relation to other forms of deadly resistance to authority. ER -