Christianization of Western Baetica

Jerónimo Sánchez Velasco is an Honorary Senior Fellow in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Seville.

• List of Illustrations, Preface by Rosa Sanz Serrano, Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, Introduction, PART 1. BAETICA IN LATE ANTIQUITY Chapter 1. Roman Baetica in History Chapter 2. Cities and Landscapes in West Roman Baetica Chapter 3. From Constantine the Great to the Arab Invasion PART 2. EARLY CHRISTIAN TOPOGRAPHY Chapter 4. The Ecclesiastical Organization of Baetica in Late Antiquity Chapter 5. The Bishopric of Corduba (Córdoba) Chapter 6. The Bishopric of Egabrum (Cabra, Córdoba Province) Chapter 7. The Bishopric of Astigi (Écija, Sevilla Province) Chapter 8. The Bishopric of Hispalis (Sevilla) Chapter 9. The Bishopric of Italica (Santiponce, Sevilla Province) Chapter 10. The Bishopric of Ilipla (Niebla, Huelva) PART 3. CHRISTIANIZATION: AN ARCHEOLOGY OF ECCLESIASTICAL POWER Chapter 11. The First Christian Buildings of Roman Western Baetica Chapter 12. The City of God: The Making of Church Power, Bibliography

"The main argument of this detailed archaeological study is that the Christianization of Baetica "happened faster and deeper than generally admitted" within the immediate 75 years after Constantine’s Edict of Toleration, 313 CE (25) (...) Sánchez Velasco makes a cogent case for a rapid and sometimes violent Christian displacement of traditional Roman civic religion in the archaeological record." - Norman Underwood, New York University, *Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies*, Vol. 43, 2018