History
How did ‘pagans’ of the second and third century AD view: the significance of their own lives, and what happened after death?
Choose either the activity question from week 2 or the activity question from Week 3 (NB: both parts a & b) and write 1000 words on it.
The essay should be primarily based on your own reading of the primary sources set for each of the weeks.
Referencing must adhere to the conventions of the Ancient History Style Guide which can be in the Resource section of this iLearn module.
Here are the readings that we’re required to read for this week. They can be used as the sources for the essay
Essential Readings
Book of Readings (extracts from New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity ed. G.H.R. Horsley, Vol. 4).
Harding, Early Christian Life, 175-191.
Further Reading
Franz Cumont, The Afterlife in Roman Paganism (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1922), pp. 1-43.
John Ferguson, The religions of the Roman Empire ([London]: Thames and Hudson, [1970]), pp. 132-149; 265-66.
A.D. Lee, Pagans and Christians in late antiquity : a sourcebook (New York : Routledge, 2000), pp. 15-48.
Thhis unit asks that we adhere to the Ancient History Style guide for the structure, appearance and referencing of our essays.
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