RT Book
T1 Worshippers of the Gods: Debating Paganism in the Fourth-Century Roman West
T2 Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity Ser.
A1 Gassman, Mattias 1990-
LA English
PP Oxford
PB Oxford University Press USA - OSO
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1809597250
AB Worshippers of the Gods shows how fourth-century Latin writers rethought traditional religion during Christianity's rise. Through five interlocking studies of inscriptions, laws, senatorial papers, and Christian polemics, it traces shifting conceptions of paganism from the Tetrarchic persecution, through Constantine's reign, to the 'disestablishment' of the Roman cults in the 380s.
AB cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Worshippers of the Gods -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. 'Like a Stream of Tullian Eloquence': Lactantius, Cicero, and the Critique of Roman Religion in the Divine Institutes -- 2. On the Error of Profane Religions: Emperors and Traditional Religion after Constantine -- 3. 'The Manifold Divinity of the Gods': 'Paganism' in Fourth-​Century Rome -- 4. Rome, Religion, and Christian Emperors: Rethinking the Altar of Victory Affair -- 5. Commemorating Vettius Agorius Praetextatus: Senators and Traditional Religion in 380s Rome -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
OP 253
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 292.07090149999999
SN 978-0-19-008245-1
K1 Christianity and other religions-Rome
K1 Electronic books