Jennifer Rea
Associate Professor
- Gainesville FL UNITED STATES
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Jennifer A. Rea’s research explores the intersections between ancient Rome and modern science fiction and fantasy.
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Jennifer A. Rea’s research explores the intersections between ancient Rome and modern science fiction and fantasy. Her first book, Legendary Rome, explored three poets’ reinventions of Rome’s legendary foundations in the context of post-civil war Augustan Rome. Jennifer's most recent book, Perpetua’s Journey: Faith, Gender and Power in the Roman Empire, challenges critical assumptions about gender roles, legal authority and individual rights and freedoms in Roman Africa during the 3rd century CE.
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Transforming Civic Area into Sacred Area in the Passio of Perpetua and Felicitas
The Classical OutlookJennifer A. Rea
2016-11-02
In 203 CE a young mother named Vibia Perpetua was martyred in the amphitheatre at Carthage as part of the birthday games for the Roman emperor Septimius Severus' son Geta.
