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9780198140832
This book examines the organization of religion--Christian, pagan, and Jewish--in the Roman Empire at the time of Constantine and Augustine. The author argues that because official pagan religion was inextricably tied to the structure of individual cities, Christianity was the only religion that could unite the inhabitants of the Empire as a whole.Rives, J. B. is the author of 'Religion and Authority in Roman Carthage from Augustus to Constantine' with ISBN 9780198140832 and ISBN 0198140835.
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