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What did it take to cause the Roman aristocracy to turn to Christianity, changing centuries-old beliefs and religious traditions? This title takes a fresh look at this much-debated question, looking at the historical evidence in order to try and understand why pagan aristocrats decided to convert to Christianity.

Christian converts --- Aristocracy (Social class) --- Christian sociology --- Church history --- Social change --- Convertis chrétiens --- Aristocratie --- Sociologie religieuse --- Eglise --- Changement social --- Religious life --- History --- Vie religieuse --- Christianisme --- Histoire --- Sociology, Christian --- 27 <37> --- -Aristocracy (Social class) --- -Christian sociology --- -Christian social theory --- Social theory, Christian --- Sociology --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Christians --- Converts --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Rome. Oud-Italië --- -History --- Social conditions. --- -Kerkgeschiedenis--Rome. Oud-Italië --- -27 <37> --- -Christian converts --- Convertis chrétiens --- Social conditions --- Rome --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D.

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Because they list all the public holidays and pagan festivals of the age, calendars provide unique insights into the culture and everyday life of ancient Rome. The Codex-Calendar of 354 miraculously survived the Fall of Rome. Although it was subsequently lost, the copies made in the Renaissance remain invaluable documents of Roman society and religion in the years between Constantine's conversion and the fall of the Western Empire. In this richly illustrated book, Michele Renee Salzman establishes that the traditions of Roman art and literature were still very much alive in the mid-fourth century. Going beyond this analysis of precedents and genre, Salzman also studies the Calendar of 354 as a reflection of the world that produced and used it. Her work reveals the continuing importance of pagan festivals and cults in the Christian era and highlights the rise of a respectable aristocratic Christianity that combined pagan and Christian practices. Salzman stresses the key role of the Christian emperors and imperial institutions in supporting pagan rituals. Such policies of accommodation and assimilation resulted in a gradual and relatively peaceful transformation of Rome from a pagan to a Christian capital.

Calendar, Roman. --- Rome - Religious life and customs. --- Related Historical Sciences --- History & Archaeology --- Calendars & Chronologies --- Rome --- Social life and customs. --- Religious life and customs. --- Calendar [Roman ] --- Calendrier romain --- Kalender [Romeinse ] --- Calendar, Roman --- -Roman calendar --- Social life and customs --- Religious life and customs --- Vie religieuse --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Rome - Social life and customs. --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Rome - Social life and customs --- Rome - Religious life and customs --- 354. --- ammianus marcellinus. --- ancient rome. --- ancient world. --- antiquity. --- assimilation. --- catholic church. --- christian capital. --- christian emperors. --- christian rome. --- christianity. --- church history. --- codex calendar. --- constantine. --- conversion. --- early church. --- fall of rome. --- festivals. --- history. --- holidays. --- nonfiction. --- pagan cults. --- pagan rome. --- pagan. --- paganism. --- pre julian calendar. --- religion. --- religious freedom. --- religious studies. --- roman art. --- roman calendar. --- roman empire. --- roman literature. --- roman society. --- urban rome. --- western empire. --- Roman calendar --- Rites et cérémonies --- Rites et cérémonies

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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 essays 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.

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Over the course of the fourth through seventh centuries, Rome witnessed a succession of five significant political and military crises, including the Sack of Rome, the Vandal occupation, and the demise of the Senate. Historians have traditionally considered these crises as defining events, and thus critical to our understanding of the 'decline and fall of Rome.' In this volume, Michele Renee Salzman offers a fresh interpretation of the tumultuous events that occurred in Rome during Late Antiquity. Focusing on the resilience of successive generations of Roman men and women and their ability to reconstitute their city and society, Salzman demonstrates the central role that senatorial aristocracy played, and the limited influence of the papacy during this period. Her provocative study provides a new explanation for the longevity of Rome and its ability, not merely to survive, but even to thrive over the last three centuries of the Western Roman Empire

Politics and government. --- Italy --- Rome (Empire). --- Rome (Italy) --- Rome --- History --- Politics and government --- Roman history --- anno 300-399 --- anno 400-499 --- Rome - History - Empire, 284-476 --- Rome (Italy) - History - 476-1420 --- Rome - History - Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries --- Rome - Politics and government - 284-476 --- Rome (Italy) - Politics and government

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