In Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity, Thomas Sizgorich seeks to understand why and how violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-

A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.

Focusing on the 4th and 5th centuries, Michael Gaddis explores how various groups employed the language of religious violence to construct their own identities,

It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in th

Although it would appear in studies of late antique ecclesiastical authority and power that scholars have covered everything, an important aspect of the urban b