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St Perpetua's Analysis

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After reading St Perpetua’s account of her own execution, one can infer that the Roman empire at the time was a cold bureaucratic regime. Throughout the retelling, Perpetua is constantly chastised by her faith in Christianity, not only from her father begging her to abandon her faith but from the treatment of Perpetua and her child by the Guards escorting her, emphasizing Roman society’s contempt for Christianity and its followers. Afterwards, she is taken away while eating to her trail, implying that the Romans adherence for orders was so intrinsic that they would ignore another person’s needs. Of course, while Christianity in this account is viewed as a faith one must fully devote themselves to, Perpetua is not a reliable source for Christianity

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