From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
(Part of the Revealing Antiquity Series)
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When Rome was at its height, an emperor's male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in same-sex affairs, even as he affirmed the moral dignity of women without any civic claim to honor. The gradual transformation...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674660013
ISBN13:9780674660014
Release Date:March 2016
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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