Author: Fowden, Elizabeth Key
Title: The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1999). orig.boards. 24x15cm, xxi,227 pp, Series: The Transformation of the Classical Heritage, Vol. XXVIII.. Textual photo illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Portraits of a Martyr: The Passio of SS. Sergius and Bacchus; History of the Passio: The Emperor; The Hagiographic Milieu; Alexander of Hierapolis & the Early Cult of S. Sergius; Images of S. Sergius; Martyr Cult on the Frontier: The Case of Mayperqat: Relics & Defense; At the World's Center; The Ecumenical City of Martyrs; The Iranian Viewpoint; Rusafa: The Frontier Zone; A Place of Convergence; The Fortress-Shrine; Pilgrimage to Rusafa; The Spread of the Sergius Cult in Syria & Mesopotamia: The Hawran; West of the Steppe; Northern Syria & Mesopotamia; The Iranian Empire; Frontier Shrine & Frontier Saint: Justinian, Theodora, & S. Sergius; Iranian Interest in S. Sergius; The Ghassanid Confederation; al-Mundhir; The Cult of S. Sergius After the Islamic Conquest: Umayyad Rusafa; Rusafa After Hisham; Between Christianity & Islam.

Keywords: History of Religion, Ancient Syria, Early Christianity, Rusafa, Saint Sergius, Syrian Christian, Christian Church, Saints Cults,