Christians in Caesar's Household

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar’s Household (Phil 4:22)

2 Paul, Peter, and Nero’s Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts

3 Rome’s Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic

4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar

5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman

6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome’s Catacombs

Conclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early Christianity

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

“Christians in Caesar’s Household weaves a truly reformative story about Christian imperial freedpersons and thus about imperial acceptance of Christianity in the fourth century. Flexsenhar turns a critical lens on the usual triumphalist narrative, using both texts and archaeology to fundamentally shift our historical understanding to account for the brutality and messiness of slavery’s legacy in the Christian ascendancy.”

—Katherine A. Shaner, author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity