Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments x
4. List of Abbreviations xiv
5. List of Roman Emperors and Bishops of Antioch xv
6. Timeline of Key Events xvii
7. Maps xx
8. Introduction: Th e Lay of the Land 1
9. 1. Th e Power of Prestigious Places: Teaching and Preaching in Fourth-Century Antioch 31
10. 2. Burying Babylas: Place-Marketing and the Politics of Memory 58
11. 3. Being Correctly Christian: John Chrysostom’s Rhetoric in 386–87 92
12. 4. Transformative Transgressions: Exploiting the Urban/Rural Divide 129
13. 5. Mapping a Textured Landscape: Temples, Martyrs, and Ascetics 163
14. 6. Elsewhere in the Empire 204
15. Conclusion: Controlling Contested Places 241
16. Bibliography 255
17. Index 283