Hadrian and the Christians

Hadrian and the Christians / Marco Rizzi -- Villa Adriana scenario del potere / Elena Calandra -- La paideia di Adriano : alcune osservazioni sulla valenza politica del culto eroico / Marco Galli -- Hadrian, Eleusis, and the beginning of Christian apologetics / Alessandro Galimberti -- The Bar Kokhba revolt and Hadrian's religious policy / Giovanni Battista Bazzana -- The pseudo-Hadrianic epistle in the Historia Augusta and Hadrian's religious policy / Alessandro Galimberti -- Serapis, Boukoloi, and Christians from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius / Livia Capponi -- Conclusion : multiple identities in second century Christianity / Marco Rizzi

MILLENIUM pursues an interdisciplinary approach transcending historical eras. The editorial board and the advisory board represent a wide range of disciplines - contributions from art and literary studies are just as welcome as historical, theological and philosophical contributions on both the Latin and Greek and the Oriental cultures. The STUDIES present relevant monographs or collections of papers from across the whole range of topics. The YEARBOOK contains authoritative articles. As the links between the various articles are sketched out in a comprehensive editorial, their diversity is int

The book sheds new light on a much debated issue in the field of ancient history: the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire and its relationship with Judaism in the 2nd century. The contributions collected in this volume illustrate from a multidisciplinary perspective (including archaeology, cultural, religious, and political history) how Christianity found a peculiar way of integrating into the transforming empire under Emperor Hadrian. In this way, Christianity gained an increasing place within Roman society, which ultimately opened the door to its affirmation in subsequent centuries.