Converting after Constantine: Firmicus Maternus and the Scriptures
The two extant works by the senator Julius Firmicus Maternus, a manual of astrology (Mathesis, ca. 337) and a ferocious attack on senatorial paganism (De errore profanarum religionum, 343–50), offer exceptional insight into the transformation of a convert's beliefs in the era of Constantine. St...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2023
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