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UNINA9910451546103321 |
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Cooper Kate <1960-> |
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Titolo |
The fall of the Roman household / / Kate Cooper [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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1-281-37036-3 |
9786611370367 |
0-511-39395-4 |
0-511-48272-8 |
0-511-39460-8 |
0-511-39181-1 |
0-511-39064-5 |
0-511-39312-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Families - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Families - Rome |
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D |
Rome Religion |
Rome Civilization Christian influences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-308) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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'The battle of this life' -- 'The obscurity of eloquence' -- Household and empire -- 'Such trustful partnership' -- The invisible enemy -- Appendix. Ad Gregoriam in palatio / English translation by Kate Cooper. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Edward Gibbon laid the fall of the Roman Empire at Christianity's door, suggesting that 'pusillanimous youth preferred the penance of the monastic to the dangers of a military life ... whole legions were buried in these religious sanctuaries'. This surprising 2007 study suggests that, far from seeing Christianity as the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire, we should understand the Christianisation of the household as a central Roman survival strategy. By establishing new 'ground rules' for marriage and family life, the Roman Christians of the last century of the |
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