Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr - Hardcover
by Sarah Ruden
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300273717ISBN-10:300273711UPC:9780300273717Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Religious, Ancient, ChristianityBook Topic:Rome, Saints & SainthoodSize:7.60 x 5.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC6MB1SX81
Perpetua: The Woman, the Martyr
An intimate and human portrait of Perpetua, a third-century woman author who was idealized as a Christian martyr On March 7, 203, in the monumental amphitheater at Carthage, Vibia Perpetua was one of five Christians who met their deaths after refusing to venerate the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his son. Perpetua stood out from the other four, and in fact from all the other martyrs of her...
Series: Ancient Lives
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300273717ISBN-10:300273711UPC:9780300273717Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Religious, Ancient, ChristianityBook Topic:Rome, Saints & SainthoodSize:7.60 x 5.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC6MB1SX81
Sarah Ruden is an award-winning classics scholar, a poet, and a writer on religion and culture. She is the author of Vergil: The Poet's Life and numerous translations of Greek and Roman works. She lives in Hamden, CT.
Publisher: Yale University Press
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