Maxentius
The Maxentian legacy of Herodes Atticus’s Villa at the third mile of the Via Appia Antica
Annia Regilla, Dynastic memory, Elite continuity, Herodes Atticus, Imperial reuse, Maxentius, Roman sacred law; Res sacrae and res religiosae, Sacred space transformation, Triopion, Via Appia AnticaBy: MARCO CECINI – At the beginning of the 4th century AD, Emperor Maxentius repurposed the land and buildings of the pre-existing estate of Herodes Atticus, along the Via Appia Antica, to construct the grand Imperial Villa that still bears his name today. Until now, it has been assumed that the emperor acted freely by…
Diocletian, Maxentius and the legal status of Christianity in imperial constitutions on religious freedom (303-312 AD): a review according to the latest findings
”Judicial review” and “overruling” in Late Roman law, Christianity, Diocletian, Early Christian Women, Early Christianity, Early Donatism, Hellenism, Historical Jesus, Maxentius, Neoplatonism and Theurgy, Religious freedom in Late AntiquityBy: MARCO CECINI, DIEGO SERRA – In 2022, an interdisciplinary, preliminary study analyzed for the first time Diocletian’s edict of persecution of Christianity, which was believed to be completely lost for 1700 years. Three imperial constitutions belonging to several manuscript traditions that come from 12 Byzantine and post-Byzantine Codes have been carefully studied from a…