The last pagans of Rome / Alan Cameron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Alan, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Roman.

Christianity and other religions.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Christianity and other religions--Paganism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Paganism--Relations--Christianity.

Paganism.

Emperors--Rome.

Emperors.

Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (891 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title provides a detailed portrait of pagan society during the pivotal fourth and early fifth centuries. The subject of the book is not the conversion of the last pagans but rather the duration, nature, and consequences of their survival.

Contents:

Pagans and polytheists

From Constantius to Theodosius

The frigidus

Pagan priests and initiates

Pagan converts

Pagan writers

Macrobius and the 'pagan' culture of his age

The poem against the pagans

Other Christian invectives

The real circle of Symmachus

The 'pagan' literary revival

Correctors and critics I

Correctors and critics II

The 'Livian revival'

Greek texts and Latin translation

Pagan scholarship : Vergil and his commentators

The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I

The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II

Classical revivals

The Historia Augusta.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Jan. 12, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-989013-7

0-19-995970-6

0-19-978091-9

1-282-97855-1

9786612978555

OCLC:

922970423