![]() ![]() ![]() The countryside here was more densely populated than in most of the empire this more densely rural demographic meant that rural didn't necessarily mean rustic. The combination of choices is very good for comparison and contrast work between paganism and Christianity. Late paganism was moribund, decrepit and sclerotic it had no chance against the rise of Christianity.īut, not true, says Robin Lane Fox certainly not true in the countrysides of the Roman Empire, which, by the way, was the last place in which Christianity took hold.įox paints a rural, and urban, Roman Imperium where, aside from the skepticism of some philosophers, some form of pagan belief remained vital even years after Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea.įox concentrates on the various Roman provinces of Asia Minor, and focuses on the second century. A tour de force of late pagan beliefs and the larger milieu of early Christianity ![]()
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