The Martyrdom of Perpetua, a modern English version of the third-century Passio Perpetuae et Felicitas, was published in the Visionary Women series, with introduction and commentary by SM
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7 March 203: In the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus,...
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7 March 203
In the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus
, Perpetua
, author of the earliest surviving text in Latin by a woman, was martyred at Carthage in North Africa.
