Roman Wall Blues
Peter Parsons, 17 May 1984
Vindolanda: The Latin Writing-Tablets
by A.K. Bowman and J.D. Thomas.
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 157 pp., £16.50, November 1983,0 907764 02 9 Show More
by A.K. Bowman and J.D. Thomas.
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, 157 pp., £16.50, November 1983,
The Christians as the Romans saw them
by Robert Wilken.
Yale, 214 pp., £12.95, February 1983,0 300 03066 5 Show More
by Robert Wilken.
Yale, 214 pp., £12.95, February 1983,
The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
by Wayne Meeks.
Yale, 299 pp., £15, June 1983,0 300 02876 8 Show More
by Wayne Meeks.
Yale, 299 pp., £15, June 1983,
Life in Egypt under Roman Rule
by Naphtali Lewis.
Oxford, 239 pp., £15, August 1983,0 19 814848 8 Show More
by Naphtali Lewis.
Oxford, 239 pp., £15, August 1983,
“... denunciation, makes it clear: the name was criminal enough. Pliny stands as first witness in Robert Wilken’s The Christians as the Romans saw them, a relaxed survey of some familiar texts and their backgrounds. The exposition is clear and open-minded, though not always reliable in detail (‘Thystes’ for Thyestes’, ‘chriophoros’ for ... ”