Damasus of Rome: the epigraphic poetry : introduction, texts, translations, and commentary
"Damasus of Rome makes available in English the epigraphic poetry of Damasus, bishop of Rome from 366 to 384. A full introduction situates Damasus in his times by considering his troubled election and the issues that dominated Rome and his papacy. The introduction also sets the poems within the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford early Christian texts
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Damasus, I., Pope 305-384
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Damasus Pope (305-384)
Poetic works
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| Summary: | "Damasus of Rome makes available in English the epigraphic poetry of Damasus, bishop of Rome from 366 to 384. A full introduction situates Damasus in his times by considering his troubled election and the issues that dominated Rome and his papacy. The introduction also sets the poems within the broader sweep of the history of epigraphic poetry at Rome and relates them both to the development of the Christian catacombs and to the emergence of the cults of the Roman saints. Modern scholarship readily acknowledges that the years of Damasus' episcopacy were pivotal ones in the transformation of Rome into a late antique Christian city. His poetry, much of it inscribed at the suburban tombs of the Roman saints and martyrs, played an incalculable but significant role in the redefinition of both Roman and Christian identity in this remarkable age."--Back cover |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 195-212 |
| ISBN: | 0198735375 |