Perpetua : athlete of god /
Gold, Barbara K.,1945-author.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Perpetua's Passio: text, authorship, authenticity -- And I became male: gender and the athlete -- A matter of genre and influence: the Passio and Greco-Roman pagan and Christian narratives -- Carthage: pagan culture, religion, and society in the High Roman Empire -- Carthage: the early Christian community -- Perpetua's life: family (natal and Christian), education, and social status -- The conditions of martyrdom in the High Roman Empire -- The Nachleben of Perpetua: her unwitting legacy.
Perpetua, Saint, -203.
Perpetua, Saint, -203.
Christian women saints
Christian women martyrs
Christian women martyrs.
Christian women saints.