Mar Marcos

• University of Cantabria

Sanctity is in many ways a social construct, and hence the profile of saints and the practices that qualify them as such change with the passing of time. The destruction of temples and idols as a way to signal sanctity is a good example of this. The subject came to form part of hagiography in the late fourth century, reached its peak in the Theodos...

As it had been the current situation throughout the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, a plurality of religious groups and traditions coexisted under the Roman Empire, without any theoretical discourse over religious freedom having ever been formulated. Religious cohabitation changed dramatically with the spread of Christianity. As a monot...

RESUMEN: Durante los primeros siglos de la historia del Imperio romano convivieron de forma pacífica varias culturas y sistemas religiosos, aunque la acomodación de las dos religiones monoteístas, el judaísmo y el cristianis-mo, dentro de un estado politeísta generó conflictos puntuales. Esta situación cambió radicalmente a partir del siglo IV con...