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countjulian · 01-10-2006, 03:15 PM

I'm doing a report on good old Marcus. I've already got plenty of info on Soticism, what I need to know is about his life. Now, I've got his meditations, the The Historia Augusta entry on MArcus, the works of Justin Priscos (AKA Justin Martyr), the works of Tertullian, and the works of Eusebius at my fingertips. Is there any more? I know there is a great deal of archeological stuf out there, does anyone have access to it? Also, what info is their on the persecution of Christians under his reign?

andrewcriddle · 01-10-2006, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by countjulian

I'm doing a report on good old Marcus. I've already got plenty of info on Soticism, what I need to know is about his life. Now, I've got his meditations, the The Historia Augusta entry on MArcus, the works of Justin Priscos (AKA Justin Martyr), the works of Tertullian, and the works of Eusebius at my fingertips. Is there any more?

Dio Cassius has a section on Marcus Aurelius. and is online.

There are also the letters between Marcus Aurelius and his tutor Fronto, but they are not online and may be hard to get hold of.

Andrew Criddle

No Robots · 01-10-2006, 03:49 PM

My favorite book on the emperors' relations with Christians is Sordi's The Christians and the Roman Empire. I will say up front that this is pro-Christian. What makes it interesting is Sordi's contention that the Romans by and large favored Christianity right from the get go, and persecutions were really anomalies. The writing is very good, and the book is fairly short. It provides a good all round survey of imperial relations with Christians. I don't recall what it says specifically about Marcus Aurelius, but you can be sure that he is covered.

Look, you don't have to agree with a book's thesis to benefit from it. Hell, I've recommended Eisenman to conservatives who needed to know more about James.

By the way, I have changed my nickname from "freigeister".

countjulian · 01-10-2006, 05:41 PM

I knew about Dio, too, but thanks. Does anybody know some online resources about persecutions that took place under Marcus (I've seen the Roman Emeprors website entry on the matter).

freigeister · 01-10-2006, 07:36 PM

Here's Sordi (p. 72):

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The Roman government [under Marcus Aurelius] had begun to regard the Christian communities as politically suspect, and the reason for this was the spread of Montanism, with its rigidly intransigent attitude to the state, its identification with the anti-Roman spirit of the Jewish revolts, its openly provocative behavior, its charismatic and prophetic claims and its thirst for martyrdom.

There's plenty more.

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countjulian Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In the torture chambers of Pinochet's Chile Posts: 2,112	Sources for Marcus Aurelius I'm doing a report on good old Marcus. I've already got plenty of info on Soticism, what I need to know is about his life. Now, I've got his meditations, the The Historia Augusta entry on MArcus, the works of Justin Priscos (AKA Justin Martyr), the works of Tertullian, and the works of Eusebius at my fingertips. Is there any more? I know there is a great deal of archeological stuf out there, does anyone have access to it? Also, what info is their on the persecution of Christians under his reign?

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01-10-2006, 03:49 PM	#3
No Robots Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 5,679	My favorite book on the emperors' relations with Christians is Sordi's The Christians and the Roman Empire. I will say up front that this is pro-Christian. What makes it interesting is Sordi's contention that the Romans by and large favored Christianity right from the get go, and persecutions were really anomalies. The writing is very good, and the book is fairly short. It provides a good all round survey of imperial relations with Christians. I don't recall what it says specifically about Marcus Aurelius, but you can be sure that he is covered. Look, you don't have to agree with a book's thesis to benefit from it. Hell, I've recommended Eisenman to conservatives who needed to know more about James. By the way, I have changed my nickname from "freigeister".

01-10-2006, 05:41 PM	#4
countjulian Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In the torture chambers of Pinochet's Chile Posts: 2,112	I knew about Dio, too, but thanks. Does anybody know some online resources about persecutions that took place under Marcus (I've seen the Roman Emeprors website entry on the matter).

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