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A Chronicle of the Last Pagans

A Chronicle of the Last Pagans is a history of the triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire as told from the perspective of the defeated: the adherents of the mysteries, cults, and philosophies that dominated Greco-Roman culture."

Audience
adult
Length
short · 188 pages

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