The epitaphs of Damasus and the transferable value of persecution for the Christian community at Rome in the fourth-century AD

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2011-06-02

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Littlechilds, Rebecca Leigh

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The epitaphs carved in marble and set up around the city of Rome by Damasus I (366- 384) have long been understood as important in the political and ecclesiastic history of the city and as crucial in the development of its Christian martyr-cult. I have applied principles of collective memory and material culture theories in order to discuss the role of the epitaphs as physical vehicles of cultural value and self-conception for the post- Constantinian Christian community at Rome.

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Damasus I, Pope, 305-384, Rome, Christianity

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3348

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