The Cambridge ancient history - Cameron, Averil; Garnsey, Peter; Cambridge University Press (Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998)
WOOD, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds PART V RELIGION 18 Polytheist religion and philosophy GARTH FOWDEN, Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Research Foundation, Athens I Repression and compromise, 337-61 II Julian, philosopher and reformer of polytheism III Jovian to Theodosius II: the attrition of polytheism IV Polytheist resistances V Polytheism and Christianity 19 Orthodoxy and heresy from the death of Constantine to the eve of the first council of Ephesus HENRY CHADWICK, Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge 20 Asceticism: pagan and Christian PETER BROWN, Professor of History, Princeton University 21 Christianization and religious conflict PETER BROWN PART VI ART AND CULTURE 22 Education and literary culture AVERIL CAMERON I Introduction II Christianity and traditional education III Literary education as a path to advancement IV Neoplatonism V Legal and other studies VI History-writing and its context VII High literary culture VIII Epistolography and literary networks IX Christian writing X Biography, Christian and pagan XI Ascetic literature XII Theological works XIII Conclusion 23a Syriac culture, 337-425 SEBASTIAN BROCK, Reader in Syriac Studies in the University of Oxford I Introduction II Literary genres III The threefold inheritance IV Interaction between Syriac and Greek culture V Syriac into Greek and Greek into Syriac 23b Coptic literature, 337-425 MARK SMITH, University Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, University of Oxford I Magical texts II The Bible and Apocrypha III Patristic and homiletic works IV Monastic texts and martyrologies V The Nag Hammadi library and related tractates VI Manichean writings 24 Art and architecture JAS ELSNER, Lecturer in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, University of London I Introduction II The modern critical context III Art and architecture, 337-425 Chronological table BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbreviations Frequently cited works Part I: Chronological overview (chapter 1-4) Part II: Government and institutions (chapter 5-8) Part III: The empire: economy and society (chapters 9-12) Part IV: Foreign relations and the barbarian world (chapter 13-17) Part V: Religion (chapter 18-21) Part VI: Art and culture (chapter 22-24) Index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 768-845) and index.
Keywords: History, Ancient; Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.