How did the early Christian church manage to win its dominant place in the Roman world? In this newest book, an eminent historian of ancient Rome examines this question from a secular-- rather than…
MacMulle has published several books in recent years which establish him, rightfully, as a leading social historian of the Roman Empire. The current volume exhibits many of the characteristics of i…
The authors' Paganism and Christianity (100-425 C.E) presents readers with an eclectic array of writings touching every facet of religious life in the Late Roman world. These varied sources were pe…