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- Barbarism and Religion
- Barbarism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Advice to readers
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Constantinian Empire
- Part II The Church in the Empire
- Part III The Interlude of Julian
- Part IV Barbarism: The First Catastrophe
- Part V The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Last Emperor
- 14 The reign of Theodosius: triumphs preceding disaster
- 15 Ambrose of Milan: the church and the empire
- 16 Theodosius narrated and re-narrated: the death and rebirth of polytheism
- Part VI The Barbarisation of the West
- Part VII After the Fall: Towards a History Not Written
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - Theodosius narrated and re-narrated: the death and rebirth of polytheism
from Part V - The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Last Emperor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
- Barbarism and Religion
- Barbarism and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Advice to readers
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Constantinian Empire
- Part II The Church in the Empire
- Part III The Interlude of Julian
- Part IV Barbarism: The First Catastrophe
- Part V The Triumph of Orthodoxy and the Last Emperor
- 14 The reign of Theodosius: triumphs preceding disaster
- 15 Ambrose of Milan: the church and the empire
- 16 Theodosius narrated and re-narrated: the death and rebirth of polytheism
- Part VI The Barbarisation of the West
- Part VII After the Fall: Towards a History Not Written
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Barbarism and Religion , pp. 309 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015