Eugene N. Lane is Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri. He is the author of Corpus Monumentorium Religionis Dei Menis (1971-1978), and of several other studies of Roman antiquity. Ramsay MacMullen is Dunham Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. Among his several influential works is Paganism in the Roman Empire (1981).
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Preface Select Bibliography Abbreviations Magic, Dreams, Astrology, "Superstition" Healing Shrines and Temple Management Cult Scenes Hymns Cult Groups Imperial Cult Religious Attitudes Marcus Aurelius Theology A New Cult Holy Men and Women Missionizing (Non-Christian) Perceptions of Judaism Perceptions of Christianity Apologists Hermetism and Gnosticism Conversion Pre-Constantine The Persecutions The Great Persecutions in North America Constantine Julian Conversion, Post-Constantine Acknowledgments Index ov Names and Topics