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This authoritative English-language commentary discusses Books 1-5, in which Augustine argued that Rome suffered worse disasters before Christianity was known, that empire depends on injustice, and that everything depends on the will of the true God, not on the many gods of Roman tradition.

Iamblichus, whose life spanned the late third and early fourth centuries, was one of the most revered Platonist philosophers. The Emperor Julian, who ranked him with Plato, planned to use his work as the philosophical basis for a revival of pagan religion to meet the Christian challenge. Iamblichus wrote On the Pythagorean Life as the first of ten volumes on the philosophy of Pythagoras. It is the most extensive surviving source on Pythagorean...

This book bridges a gap between two traditional disciplines. Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable outpouring of work on women in antiquity, but women in late antiquity (3rd-6th centuries A.D.) have been far less studied. Classicists have been more concerned with the first two centuries A.D., and theologians have been interested in New Testament, rather than patristic, teaching about women or its social and cultural setting. In this boo...

The Confessions, written at the close of the 4th century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. It explains just how and why Augustine came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer and study, leading to a true comprehension of God and the Bible. This introductory book's approach is basically historical--to set Augustine's own experiences o...

The Confessions, written at the close of the 4th century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. It explains just how and why Augustine came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer and study, leading to a true comprehension of God and the Bible. This introductory book's approach is basically historical--to set Augustine's own experiences o...

This volume in honor of Miriam Griffin brings together seventeen international specialists. Their essays range from Socrates to late antiquity, with a particular focus on Cicero. Subjects covered include the Stoics and Cynics, Roman law, the formulation of imperial power, Jews and Christians, "performance philosophy, " Augustine, late Platonism, and women philosophers.

In Monica: An Ordinary Saint, Gillian Clark reconciles competing images of the life and legacy of Augustine's mother, arriving at a woman who was shrewd and enterprising, but also meek and gentle.

In Monica: An Ordinary Saint, Gillian Clark reconciles competing images of the life and legacy of Augustine's mother, arriving at a woman who was shrewd and enterprising, but also meek and gentle.

Did Christianity transform the Roman world in which it began, or did the Roman world shape Christianity? This work explores current debates and new interpretations of Early Christianity in Roman Society. Adopting an interdisciplinary and thematic approach, it offers the student unfamiliar with the Christian tradition, a comprehensive introduction to its role in the Roman world.

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Did Christianity transform the Roman world in which it began, or did the Roman world shape Christianity? This work explores current debates and new interpretations of Early Christianity in Roman Society. Adopting an interdisciplinary and thematic approach, it offers the student unfamiliar with the Christian tradition, a comprehensive introduction to its role in the Roman world.

The time known as Late Antiquity (c.300-c.800) was a fascinatingly diverse and important period which saw the 'Fall of Rome' and the growth of Christianity and Islam. Gillian Glark explores its historical controversies, introducing the main characters and themes, and demonstrating the transition between the medieval and ancient.