Secrets and Mysteries of Roman Catacombs on the Appian Way - Paperback

by Elisabetta Magno (Author)

"Secrets and Mysteries of Roman Catacombs on the Appian Way" lifts the veil of ages from the buried past and allows us to travel in time, transporting the reader through the pivotal moments of Roman history and discovering the secrets and mysteries of ancient Roman civic, social and cultural life, balanced between pagan and Christian worlds representing a range of choices and possibilities that allowed Ancient Romans to express themselves. Life in the Catacombs is revealed, encompassing all its complex intrinsic traditions - banquets, rites, fashion trends, musical and theatrical elements. From oblivion to recognition, the history and the secular papal patronage influenced the catacombs and the birth of the Basilica of Saint Sebastian Outside the Walls, with its stern and sophisticated architecture, described in all its grandeur and precious elements of Christian art.