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082			_a270.2092 _bFOW
100			_aFowden, Elizabeth Key
245			_aThe Barbarian Plain _bSaint segius between Ro,me and Iran _cElizzabeth Key Fowden
260			_aBerkeley _bUniversity of California Press _c1999
300			_a227 p.
520			_aBeginning with a detailed analysis of the surviving accounts of the martyrdom of Sergius, Fowden provides a discussion of Syrian Rusafa-Sergiopolis, traces the spread of the Sergius cult in Syria and Mesopotamia, and provides a provocative interpretation of the relation between the saint's presence at Rusafa and his role in frontier defense. She also discusses Arab Christianity in the context of late Roman culture in the East, as well as the continuation of the Sergius tradition after the Muslim conquest, emphasizing the changes and continuities brought by the rise of Islam.
650			_aReligion
650			_aGeographical Treatment of Christianity
942			_cREF
999			_c606572 _d606572