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Mithras explores the history, practices, and reception of Mithraism through literary and material evidence. It attempts to reexamine the origins of the cult and reconstruct Mithraic beliefs and rituals through ancient art. Suitable for students and scholars of Roman and Late Antique religion and ancient society and religion.

Mithras explores the history, practices, and reception of Mithraism through literary and material evidence. It attempts to reexamine the origins of the cult and reconstruct Mithraic beliefs and rituals through ancient art. Suitable for students and scholars of Roman and Late Antique religion and ancient society and religion.

A standard work in nineteen chapters from leading international scholars on bishop Isidore of Seville (d. 636), addressing the contexts in which the seventh-century bishop lived and worked, exploring his key works and activities, and finally considering his later reception.

This is the first book to use historical and sociological approaches to look at the overall impact of the rise in importance of bishops in the Early Church and the wide-ranging ramifications of this for the world of Late Antiquity.

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Universal History attempts to explain the world beyond the immediate surroundings of the author. It reflects a desire to synthesise the mass of written and oral knowledge about the past and to introduce a systematic interpretation. This collection re-examines the notion of Universal Historiography with a focus on its appearance in the Greek and Roman world and on the legacy that ancient authors offered to later generations. Fifteen new essays ...