:alization of the tombs of the . no small role to play in that 11 in the renaissance of Latin Contents fourth century. Each entry in listinct place from which to )ems intersected the currents List of Illustrations xi e in the fourth century as the The Bishops of Rome from the Third to the Seventh Century xiii ~ritage and its emerging late Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works XV self is a startling new feature Frequently Cited Ancient Authors xix 1masus was not its sole agent, Map: Plan of Damasan Rome in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries xxi lvocate. Moreover, bis verse Illustrations xxii ;nificant, impact not only on -as both the compositions of Damasus and the Martyrs mtique and early medieval Damasus and Rome 2 Features of Damasan Verse 16 this work through it is not Damasus and the Carmen contra paganos 26 the way. Among the many Monumental Poetry and the Cult of the Saints 39 ough conversations, invita- Furius Dionysius Filocalus and Philocalian Script 47 1hn Bodel, OlofBrandt, Alan colai, Jean Guyon, Daniel A Readers' Guide 53 Liverani, Scott McGill, Joe A Description of the Corpus 53 nond V an Dam, and Mary Calendars, Lives, Itineraria, and Syllogae 55 L Harvey and Kent J. Rigsby, Collections of Carmina Latina Epigraphica and Editions .d leave support have been of Damasus' Carmina 65 :nt for the Humanities, the Using This Volume 66 1al Catacomb Society, the 1d the University ofMissouri Texts, Translations, and Commentary 69 expertise I am indebted to g Detailed Table of Contents 71 World Mapping Center of Non-Epigraphic Poems (1-[2], 60b) 75 At the Vatican (3-4) 83 On the (5-6) 89 From the to the Via Ardeatina (7) 93 On the Via Ardeatina (8-14, 61 *) 97 On the Via Appia (15-27, 62*) 109 On the (28-32) 131 On the (33-6) 139 On the (37-8) 149 On the Nova (39-46, 63*-64*) 153 On the Via Salaria Vetus (47-8, 65*) 169 On the (49) 175 OfUncertain Location (50-6, 60a) 179 X Contents

S. Lorenzo in Damaso (57-8, 66*) 187 Beyond Rome (67*, 59) 191

Works Cited 195 ICUR Concordance 213 Proper Names Appearing in the Damasan Texts 215 Figure 1. Elogium ofA Index ofNotable Latin Expressions 217 Pontificia Co General Index 225 Figure 2. Elogium ofA Figure 3. Elogium of A Figure 4. Elogium of tt (Scala/Art RE Figure 5. Elogium ofE1 Pontificia Co Figure 6. Epitaph of Pr