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Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman
Perpetua's Passion The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman
Author: Joyce Salisbury
In 203 AD a group of Christians in Carthage, North Africa, were sentenced to the beasts in the arena. One of these, a twenty-two year old young mother, wrote a diary while she was imprisoned awaiting execution; later, this diary was completed by an observer who described her death in the arena. This poignant and personal narrative is the focus o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965633239
ISBN-10: 0965633233
Publication Date: 10/7/1997
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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