Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity /

Examines the role of the Roman emperors' slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Flexsenhar, Michael, III, 1984- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Series:	Inventing Christianity.
Subjects:	Christian slaves > Rome. Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Slavery > Rome.