Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome : Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century (Hardcover)

Part I. Senatorial Politics and Religious Conflict in Rome: 1. Constantine and the Roman senate: conflict, cooperation, and concealed resistance Michele R. Salzman; 2. Beyond pagans and Christians: politics and intra-Christian conflict in the controversy over the Altar of Victory Robert Chenault; 3. Were pagans afraid to speak their mind in a Christian world? The correspondence of Symmachus Alan Cameron; Part II. The Construction of New Religious Identities: 4. Christians and the invention of paganism in late antique Rome Thomas Jurgasch; 5. Late antique divi and imperial priests of the late fourth and early fifth centuries Douglas Boin; 6. Artis heu magicis: the label of magic in the fourth-century conflicts and disputes Maijastina Kahlos; 7. Crowd behavior in late antique Rome Danielle Slootjes; Part III. Pagans and Christians: Coexistence and Competition: 8. Re-interpreting the cult of Mithras Jonas Bjørnebye; 9. Making difference: the Carmina contra Paganos and the invention of late Roman paganism Dennis E. Trout; 10. Poetry and pagans in late antique Rome: the case of the senator 'converted from the Christian religion to servitude to the idols' Neil McLynn; 11. Professiones gentiliciae: the collegia of Rome between paganism and Christianity Francesca Diosono; 12. Reinterpreting pagans and Christians from Rome's late antique mortuary evidence Nicola Denzey Lewis; 13. On the form and function of Constantine's circiform funerary basilicas in Rome Monica Hellstrom; 14. Romanae Gloria plebis: Bishop Damasus and the traditions of Rome Marianne Saghy; 15. Storytelling and cultural memory in the making: celebrating pagan and Christian founders of Rome Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo; 16. Rome and imagery in late antiquity: perception and use of statues Caroline Michel d'Annoville; 17. What to do with Sacra Antiqua? A reinterpretation of the sculptures from S. Martino ai Monti in Rome Silviu Anghel; 18. Hercules representations in fourth-century Christian context Levente Nagy; Concluding remarks: VRBS ROMA between pagans and Christians Rita Lizzi Testa.