Passion of Perpetua & Felicity C

by Thomas J. Heffernan

Winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition

One of the most widely read and studied texts composed in Late Antiquity is the prison diary of Vibia Perpetua, a young woman of the elite classes who was martyred in March of the year 202 or 203 C.E. in Carthage, as part of a civic celebration honoring Caesar Geta. She was well-married and had recently become the mother of a baby son, but despite her advantages,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199777578
• ISBN13: 9780199777570
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"