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

Littlechilds, Rebecca Leigh2011-06-022011-06-022010?2011-06-02http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3348The 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.enDamasus I, Pope, 305-384RomeChristianityThe epitaphs of Damasus and the transferable value of persecution for the Christian community at Rome in the fourth-century ADThesisAvailable to the World Wide Web