| Description |
xxv, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| ISBN |
9780190492274 hardback : alkaline paper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Climbing the Capitoline Hill -- Living and working on the Capitoline Hill -- Christianity, the Capitoline Hill, and the end of Antiquity -- Experiencing and remembering the Capitoline Hill -- Learning from the Capitol's deliverance -- Learning from the Capitol's destruction -- The Capitol and the legends of the saints. |
| Summary |
"Rome's Holy Mountain is the first book to chart the history of the Capitoline Hill in Late Antiquity, from the third to the seventh centuries CE. It investigates both the lived-in and dreamed-of realities of the hill in an era of fundamental political, religious, and social change" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Series |
Oxford studies in late antiquity.
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| Library Class |
Classics RK240.C25
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| Subject |
Capitoline Hill (Italy) -- History.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420.
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