The last pagans of Rome [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Cameron

• Autore: Cameron Alan <1938-2017.>
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (891 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/20937
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and other religions - Roman; Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity and other religions - Paganism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600; Paganism - Relations - Christianity; Emperors - Rome
• Soggetto geografico: Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pagans and polytheists -- From Constantius to Theodosius -- The frigidus -- Pagan priests and initiates -- Pagan converts -- Pagan writers -- Macrobius and the 'pagan' culture of his age -- The poem against the pagans -- Other Christian invectives -- The real circle of Symmachus -- The 'pagan' literary revival -- Correctors and critics I -- Correctors and critics II -- The 'Livian revival' -- Greek texts and Latin translation -- Pagan scholarship : Vergil and his commentators -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I -- The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II -- Classical revivals -- The Historia Augusta.
• Sommario/riassunto: This title provides a detailed portrait of pagan society during the pivotal fourth and early fifth centuries. The subject of the book is not the conversion of the last pagans but rather the duration, nature, and consequences of their survival.
• Titolo autorizzato: Last pagans of Rome
• ISBN: 0-19-989013-7; 0-19-995970-6; 0-19-978091-9; 1-282-97855-1; 9786612978555
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996207186903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno