people
Christians
the Christians
Followers of the new religion; Marcus contrasts their readiness to die from sheer obstinacy with the reasoned, undramatic readiness he commends—a rare contemporary pagan notice of the Christians.
Reading notes
- Meditations §11.3.1 Christians
Followers of the new religion; Marcus contrasts their readiness to die from sheer obstinacy with a reasoned, undramatic readiness—a rare pagan notice of the Christians.