Essay Question: How did inter-generational tensions, household dynamics, and/or family networks contribute to the expansion of Christianity in the Roman Empire?
Info – Focus should be on lively debates in the study of late antiquity. Essay should be on the Christianisation of the Roman Empire with special attention to households, family dynamics, and family networks. he long transition from the unified Roman Empire to the fragmented post-Roman order involved important and far-reaching social and cultural shifts, and the rise of Christianity was one of the most decisive.
Please be sure to only use these sources and use almost all the sources
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