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Pagan and Christian in an age of anxiety: some aspects of religious experience from Marcus Aurelius to Constantine
Examines the philosophical and spiritual climate of the Roman Empire during the period between the accession of Marcus Aurelius and the conversion of Constantine. During this period, material decline was steepest and the ferment of new religious…
Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries
"Ramsay MacMullen investigates the transition from paganism to Christianity between the fourth and eighth centuries. He reassesses the triumph of Christianity, contending that it was neither tidy nor quick, and he shows that the two religious systems…