A Christian Concubine in Commodus’ Court?
In the late 2nd century CE, Marcia, a “god-loving woman” and the principal concubine of the Roman Emperor Commodus, interceded with her lover to free a number of Christian prisoners who had been sentenced to slave labor in the mines of Sardinia (Hippolytus, Philosophumena, 9.2.12.). Such an ac...
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Université de Lille
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Eugesta |
| Online Access: | http://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/index.php?id=908 |