Mattias P Gassman

Worshippers of the Gods

Debating Paganism in the Fourth-Century Roman West

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190082444
• ISBN-10: 0190082445
• Artikelnr.: 58734862

Autorenporträt

Mattias Gassman is a Latinist and Roman historian. In 2017, he completed his doctorate in Classics at the University of Cambridge. His research, which includes articles on Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, Orosius, and Augustine, focuses on late antique reception of Classical literature and the intersection of religion, politics, and literary culture in the later Roman Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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