The final pagan generation /Edward J. Watts.
Watts, Edward Jay, 1975-
The final pagan generation /Edward J. Watts. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (922 pages) - Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; v.53 .
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Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively youn.
9780520959491
Paganism--Rome.
Christianity and other religions--Rome.
Christianity and other religions.
Paganism.
Rome.
Electronic Books.
BL432 / .F563 2015
The final pagan generation /Edward J. Watts. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (922 pages) - Transformation of the Classical Heritage ; v.53 .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Growing Up in the Cities of the Gods; 2. Education in an Age of Imagination; 3. The System; 4. Moving Up in an Age of Uncertainty; 5. The Apogee; 6. The New Pannonian Order; 7. Christian Youth Culture in the 360s and 370s; 8. Bishops, Bureaucrats, and Aristocrats under Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius; 9. Old Age in a Young Man's Empire; 10. A Generation's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
The Final Pagan Generation recounts the fascinating story of the lives and fortunes of the last Romans born before the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Edward J. Watts traces their experiences of living through the fourth century's dramatic religious and political changes, when heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate against pagan practices as mobs attacked pagan holy sites and temples. The emperors who issued these laws, the imperial officials charged with implementing them, and the Christian perpetrators of religious violence were almost exclusively youn.
9780520959491
Paganism--Rome.
Christianity and other religions--Rome.
Christianity and other religions.
Paganism.
Rome.
Electronic Books.
BL432 / .F563 2015