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The final pagan generation / Edward J. Watts.

By: Series: Transformation of the classical heritagePublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (922 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520959491
  • 0520959493
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Final Pagan GenerationDDC classification:
  • 292.07 23
LOC classification:
  • BL432 .W38 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary: The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively youn.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively youn.

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