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May 16, 2024
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College Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ANCH 056. Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire
This course considers the rise of Christianity and its encounters with the religious and political institutions of the Roman Empire. It examines Christianity in the second and third centuries of the Common Era and its relationship with Judaism, Hellenistic philosophies, state cults, and mystery religions and concentrates on the various pagan responses to Christianity from conversion to persecution. Ancient texts may include Apuleius, Lucian, Marcus Aurelius, Porphyry, Justin, Origen, Lactantius, Tertullian, and the Acts of the Christian Martyrs.
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite exists, though CLAS 044 (Early Roman Empire) and RELG 004. New Testament and Early Christianity provide useful background.
Social sciences.
Writing course.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Classics
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/classics
Access the class schedule to search for sections.
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