The Roman emperors were central figures in the ancient Roman religion. The emperor also served as high priest, since he was ...

We tend to think of Christianity over against paganism in the Roman empire but we have to be a little bit cautious about what we mean by paganism. First of all paganism itself is really not a ...

Paganism continues on even after the conversion to Christianity. [In the Roman Empire] you have an enormous set of religious options. It would be like going to a supermarket and being able to sort ...