The final pagan generation /

"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, w...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Watts, Edward J., 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
coleção:Transformation of the classical heritage ; LIII.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt13x1h3t
Sumário:
  • Growing up in the cities of the gods
  • Education in an age of imagination
  • The system
  • Moving up in an age of uncertainty
  • The apogee
  • The new Pannonian order
  • Christian youth culture in the 360s and 370s
  • Bishops, bureaucrats, and aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius
  • Old age in a young man's empire
  • A generation's legacy.