Perpetua's journey : faith, gender, & power in the Roman Empire /

Perpetua's journey : faith, gender, & power in the Roman Empire / Jennifer A. Rea, Liz Clarke.

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Examining issues of power, gender, and religion in the ancient world, Perpetua's Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire is a graphic history set in Roman Africa in 203 CE that tells the story of the Christian martyr Perpetua. The Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, also kn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rea, Jennifer A. (Author)
Other Authors: Clarke, Liz, 1982- (Illustrator)
Other title:Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Series:Graphic history series.
Subjects:
Perpetua, > Saint, > -203 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Perpetua, > Saint, > -203 > Pictorial works > Comic books, strips, etc.
Felicity, > Saint, > -203 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Felicity, > Saint, > -203.
Perpetua, > Saint, > -203.
Felicitas, > Sancta, > -203.
Perpetua, > Sancta, > 203.
Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis > Comic books, strips, etc.
Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.
Christian women saints > Rome > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Christian women saints > Tunisia > Carthage (Extinct city) > Biography.
Christian women martyrs > Rome > Biography.
Sex role > Rome > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
Power (Social sciences) > Rome > History > Comic books, strips, etc.
Christian women martyrs.
Christian women saints.
Power (Social sciences)
Sex role.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. > Comic books, strips, etc.
Rome (Empire)
Tunisia > Carthage (Extinct city)
Graphic novels.
Biography.
History.
Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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