A compelling history of radical transformation in the fourth-century--when Christianity decimated the practices of traditional pagan religion in the Roman Empir

Using a contra-cultural model of social interaction, this book examines the interaction between Pagan and early Christian constructions of social order focussin

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The ancient Romans were responsible for many remarkable achievements—Roman numerals, straight roads—but one of their lesser-known contributions was the crea