Book contents
- Roman Identity and Lived Religion
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- Roman Identity and Lived Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Absence of Christian Iconography and the Presence of Roman Cult and Culture in the Baptismal Complex of Cuicul, Numidia
- 2 The Use of Non-Christian Imagery in Baptisteries
- 3 The Conversion of a Personification
- Coda
- References
- Index
Coda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2025
Book contents
- Roman Identity and Lived Religion
- Greek Culture in the Roman World
- Roman Identity and Lived Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Absence of Christian Iconography and the Presence of Roman Cult and Culture in the Baptismal Complex of Cuicul, Numidia
- 2 The Use of Non-Christian Imagery in Baptisteries
- 3 The Conversion of a Personification
- Coda
- References
- Index
Summary
‘The differences have become smaller and, especially among the young generation, they have actually completely vanished.’ In 2015, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of German unification, then German president Joachim Gauck described the situation of East and West Germans with these words. The president believed that the younger generation, those born after the fall of the wall in 1989, were completely alike, whether they were born in former West Germany or in the area which used to be the GDR. As has subsequently become apparent, the opinion of many young East Germans today differs from that of President Gauck on this point.
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- Roman Identity and Lived ReligionBaptismal Art in Late Antiquity, pp. 194 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025