The barbarian plain : Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran /

During the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. there arose on the Euphrates frontier, between the empires of Rome and Iran, a city girded with glittering gypsum walls. Within these walls stood a great church, a shrine for the relics of Saint Sergius, who was martyred there, at Rusafa, in the early fourth...

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Main Author: Fowden, Elizabeth Key, 1964-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 28.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=40037