Spatial Christianisation in Context
Subtitle: Stratigraphic Intramural Building in Rome from the 4th - 7th C. AD
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9781784910204
Description: This book is the first to closely examine the location of the earliest purpose-built Christian buildings inside the city of Rome in their contemporary context. It argues that some of these were deliberately sited by their builders so as to utilise prominent positions within the urban landscape or to pragmatically reuse pre-existing bath facilities for Christian liturgical practice. Several examples are discussed with the latest archaeological discoveries explored.--Provided by publisher