Stones, bones, and the sacred : essays on material culture and ancient religion in honor of Dennis E. Smith /

Table of Contents: “…At the origins of Christian apologetic literature : the politics of patronage in Hadrianic Athens /…”
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Hadrian and the Christians /

Table of Contents: “…Hadrian and the Christians / Marco Rizzi -- Villa Adriana scenario del potere / Elena Calandra -- La paideia di Adriano : alcune osservazioni sulla valenza politica del culto eroico / Marco Galli -- Hadrian, Eleusis, and the beginning of Christian apologetics / Alessandro Galimberti -- The Bar Kokhba revolt and Hadrian's religious policy / Giovanni Battista Bazzana -- The pseudo-Hadrianic epistle in the Historia Augusta and Hadrian's religious policy / Alessandro Galimberti -- Serapis, Boukoloi, and Christians from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius / Livia Capponi -- Conclusion : multiple identities in second century Christianity / Marco Rizzi.…”
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From Jupiter to Christ : on the history of religion in the Roman imperial period / by Rüpke, Jörg

Table of Contents: “…Polytheism and pluralism : observations on religious competition in the Roman imperial age -- Religious pluralism and the Roman empire -- Representations of Roman religion in Christian apologetic texts -- Religious centralization : traditional priesthoods and the role of the Pontifex Maximus in the late imperial age -- Visual worlds and religious boundaries -- How does an empire change religion, and how religion an empire? …”
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