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The Last Pagans of Rome
Alan Cameron
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Description for The Last Pagans of Rome
Paperback. A magisterial reevaluation of long-held assumptions about pagan and Christian culture in the late antique West. Num Pages: 896 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRKP4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1386.
Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a largely pagan aristocracy remained a powerful and active force well into the fifth century, sponsoring pagan literary circles, patronage of the classics, and propaganda for the old cults in art and literature. The main focus of much modern scholarship on the end of paganism in the West has been on its supposed stubborn resistance to Christianity. The dismantling of this romantic ... Read more
Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a largely pagan aristocracy remained a powerful and active force well into the fifth century, sponsoring pagan literary circles, patronage of the classics, and propaganda for the old cults in art and literature. The main focus of much modern scholarship on the end of paganism in the West has been on its supposed stubborn resistance to Christianity. The dismantling of this romantic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
896
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199959709
SKU
V9780199959709
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About Alan Cameron
Alan Cameron is Charles Anthon Professor Emeritus of Latin at Columbia University. He is the winner of the 2013 Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies and Archaeology of the British Academy.
Reviews for The Last Pagans of Rome
The Last Pagans of Rome is a book of a generation. A model of erudition and integrity of argument, it is also a book that will be with us for many generations to come.
Peter Brown, New York Review of Books
Peter Brown, New York Review of Books