Perpetua's journey
faith, gender, & power in the Roman Empire
Part I. The graphic history -- Carcer et praetorium = "The prison and the palace" -- Christiana sum = "I am a Christian" -- In viridiario = "In the garden" -- Damnatio ad bestias = "Condemned to the beasts" -- Part II. Historical and social context...
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Part I. The graphic history -- Carcer et praetorium = "The prison and the palace" -- Christiana sum = "I am a Christian" -- In viridiario = "In the garden" -- Damnatio ad bestias = "Condemned to the beasts" -- Part II. Historical and social context -- The Roman Empire -- Carthage before Rome -- Roman Africa -- The Emperor Septimius Severus -- Tertullian -- Roman religion and early Christianity -- The Roman Senate -- Religion in the empire -- Emperor worship -- The cults of Ceres and Saturn -- Christians in imperial Rome -- Magic and religion -- Montanism -- Christian persecution -- Severus and Christian persecutions -- Christianity after 203 CE -- Baptism -- Roman education -- Slaves and Christianity -- Felicity : portrait of a slave in Roman Africa -- Prison life -- Gladiatorial combat -- The amphitheater -- Constructing status in antiquity -- Gender and power in the Passio -- The visions of Perpetua and Saturus -- Perpetua's death -- Part III. The translation -- About the translation of the Passio -- A brief history of the text -- The passion of Perpetua and Felicity -- Part IV. Conclusion -- Further interpretations of the text -- The Passio after 203 CE -- The making of the graphic portion of this text -- Questions -- Timeline of events in history (Rome and Carthage) -- Timeline of Christian persecutions -- Glossary "Perpetua's Journey is a graphic history set in the Roman Empire in 203. Based on a document called the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis, Perpetua's Journey narrates one woman's determination to act as a legal advocate on behalf of others at a time when women were forbidden to do so.Through a mix of graphic novel chapters and academic writing, the Passio unfolds, depicting how local officials contend with Christianity's rising popularity in Carthage, as well as Perpetua's open declaration of her Christian faith which clashes with expectations from male authority figures, including her father"--Provided by publisher
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