"Perpatua's Passion, The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman" by Joyce E. Salisbury.

"Perpetua's Passion", written by Joyce E. Salisbury, studies the third-century martyrdom of a young woman, Vibia Perpetua. Salisbury follows Perpetua from her youth in a wealthy Roman household to her imprisonment and death in the arena while describing conflicting ideas of religion, family, and gender. Based on her book, Salisbury explains why Romans persecuted Christians, why other Romans converted to Christianity, and why Christians refused to abandon their faith even faced with torture and execution. …

…God. When Perpetua gave up her real name and reclaimed herself as Christian, she no longer belonged to Rome. Perpetua's Passion, written by Joyce E. Salisbury, presented Roman persecution of Christians, Roman conversion to Christianity, and reasons behind the refusal of abandonment of Christian faith while faced with torture and execution. By illustrating the main character, Vibia Perpetua, as one of the members of Christian society, Salisbury portrays the intellectual and physical conflicts within Rome.