This volume presents an essential but underestimated role that Dionysus played in Greek and Roman political thought. Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, the volume covers the period from archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire.
The topic of this book is martyrdom understood as a philosophical category. The main question pertains to the evidential value of the Christian witness through death. Looking upon martyrdom through the perspective of ancient philosophy clarifies why it might have been considered as an important proof of Christian doctrine also by pagans.
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