Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Hadrian and the Christians 7
5. Villa Adriana scenario del potere 21
6. La paideia di Adriano: alcune osservazioni sulla valenza politica del culto eroico 51
7. Hadrian, Eleusis, and the beginning of Christian apologetics 71
8. The Bar Kokhba Revolt and Hadrian’s Religious Policy 85
9. The pseudo-Hadrianic Epistle in the Historia Augusta and Hadrian’s religious policy 111
10. Serapis, Boukoloi and Christians from Hadrian to Marcus Aurelius 121
11. Conclusion: Multiple identities in Second century Christianity 141
12. Backmatter 151