Acropolis, Athens ref1
Acts of John ref1
Acts of Paul and Thecla ref1
Aeschylus ref1
Agrippina ref1
Alban, St ref1
Alexander the Great ref1, ref2
Alexandria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Great Library ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Great Lighthouse ref1
Musaeum ref1
zoo ref1
Amantius ref1
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan ref1, ref2
Ambrose of Alexandria ref1
Ammianus Marcellinus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Antioch ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Antisthenes ref1
Antony, St ref1
abandons rich lifestyle ref1, ref2
apparition seen by monks ref1n
biography of ref1, ref2
demonic attacks ref1
fails to be martyred as he wished ref1
as founding father of monasticism ref1
life of isolation, humility and self-abnegation ref1
tempted by Satan ref1
wears hair shirt and never washes ref1, ref2
Apamea ref1, ref2
Aphrodite ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Apocalypse of Peter ref1
Apollo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Apollo of Scetis ref1
Archimedes ref1
Ares ref1
Aristarchus of Samos ref1
Aristotle ref1
Physics ref1
Arius of Alexandria ref1
Arnold, Matthew ref1
Arrius Antoninus ref1
Artemis ref1
Athanasius, life of St Antony ref1
Athena ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Athens
the Academy in ref1, ref2
changing fabric of ref1
Christianity in ref1
Damascius in ref1
effect of Justinian’s laws in ref1, ref2, ref3
House C ref1, ref2
and tale of the last seven philosophers ref1, ref2, ref3
Augustine, St ref1, ref2, ref3
on bathing ref1
on becoming a Christian ref1
on the Bible’s register ref1
on the circumcellions ref1
City of God Against the Pagans ref1
on demons ref1, ref2
dislike of atomism ref1
encourages Christians to smash pagan objects ref1
on God’s law ref1
on growth of Christianity ref1
intolerance of ref1
knowledge of pronunciation and grammar ref1
observes decline of atomist philosophy ref1
on pagans’ ability to worship many gods ref1
personal life ref1
and punishing of errant Christians ref1
reaction to life of St Antony ref1
and religious contamination ref1, ref2
shocked by acts of violence ref1
tells the unconverted to listen to the strepitus mundi ref1
on works opposed to Christian doctrine ref1
and worship of many gods by pagans ref1
his work on the Psalms is written over Cicero’s De re publica ref1
Augustus, Emperor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Avodah Zarah ref1
Bacchus ref1, ref2
Basil, Bishop ref1, ref2
Address ref1
‘The Right Use of Greek Literature’ ref1
baths and bathhouses ref1
Bede, Venerable ref1
Beirut ref1, ref2
Benedict of Nursia ref1
Benedictines ref1
Bible, books of ref1, ref2, ref3
Corinthians ref1
Deuteronomy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5n
Genesis ref1
Gospel of John ref1
Gospel of Luke ref1
Gospel of Mark ref1, ref2
Gospel of Matthew ref1, ref2, ref3
Psalms ref1
Bible stories
the Flood ref1
Jonah and the Whale ref1
Bithynia ref1, ref2
books see literature
British Museum, London ref1
Brown, Peter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Buckland, William, Vindiciae Geologicae ref1
Byzantium ref1
Caelestis ref1
Caesarea ref1
Callimachus ref1
Canfora, Luciano ref1
Carthage ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Catullus ref1, ref2
‘Carmen ref1’ ref1, ref2, ref3
Collected Poems ref1
Caxton, William ref1
Celsus ref1, ref2
disappearance of his work ref1
interest in different sorts of worship ref1
On the True Doctrine ref1, ref2
Origen’s counter-attack against ref1
arguments against Christians and Christianity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Christians, Christianity
attacks and counter-attacks ref1, ref2
attitude to literature and intellectual pursuits ref1
attractions of ref1
baths and bathhouses deplored by ref1
belief in uniqueness of their religion ref1
and boundaries between sanctity and sorcery ref1
bureaucratic preferment and eternal delights ref1
considered hoodlums, thieves and vandals ref1
considered ignorant ref1
converts to ref1, ref2, ref3
belief in demons and their ways ref1
destruction of the temples, statues and paganism ref1, ref2, ref3
disgust at other religions ref1
early mentions of in non-Christian literature ref1
historians and chroniclers’ views of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
homosexuality deplored ref1
horrified at theatre and drama ref1
as intolerant and uncompromising ref1, ref2, ref3
loathing for Athenian philosophy ref1
martyr tales ref1
moralizing attitude towards food, sex and women ref1, ref2, ref3
persecution and execution of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Pliny’s letter concerning ref1, ref2, ref3
punishments meted out by ref1, ref2, ref3
relationship with Roman officials and bureaucracy ref1
and religious contamination ref1
sex within marriage allowed but not enjoyed ref1
spread of ref1, ref2, ref3
and the strepitus mundi ref1
traditional narratives ref1
triumph of ref1, ref2, ref3
urged to spy on each other ref1, ref2, ref3
violence and aggression of ref1, ref2
willingness to die ref1, ref2
Cicero ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
De re publica ref1
circumcellions ref1 and note, ref1
riotous anniversary celebrations ref1
Claudius, Emperor ref1
Claudius Pulcher, Publius ref1
Clement of Alexandria ref1
Paedagogus ref1
Constantine, Emperor
aggressive epistle concerning Porphyry and Arius ref1
ambiguous beliefs ref1
beneficent treatment of the early Church ref1, ref2
boils his wife in a bath ref1, ref2
builds temple to imperial family ref1
described as ‘a tyrant with the mind of a banker’ ref1
and desecration of the temples ref1
founds Constantinople ref1
laws restricting ‘the pollution of idolatry’ ref1, ref2
luxurious living ref1
religious tolerance of ref1, ref2
vision and conversion ref1, ref2, ref3
Constantinople ref1, ref2
Constantius, Emperor ref1
Copenhagen Psalter ref1
Cordoba ref1
Corpus Christi College, Oxford ref1
Creation myth ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage ref1
Cyrene ref1
Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Dalrymple, William, From the Holy Mountain ref1n
Damascius
bravery of ref1, ref2
dismayed at Persian way of life ref1
escapes to Athens ref1
and the fantastical ref1
influence on Athenian philosophy ref1, ref2
and ‘Law ref1.11.10.2’ ref1, ref2
leaves Athens for Persia ref1, ref2, ref3
leaves Persia and vanishes ref1
life in House C ref1, ref2
loathing for Christians ref1
studies philosophy ref1, ref2, ref3
torture of his brother ref1, ref2, ref3
De paucitate martyrum (‘On the small number of martyrs’) ref1
de Ste. Croix, G. E. M. ref1
Decian persecution (AD 250 to AD 251) ref1, ref2
Decius, Emperor ref1
Edict ref1
Delphi ref1
Demeas ref1
Demeter ref1
Democritus ref1, ref2
demons ref1
connected with the old religions ref1, ref2
countering diabolic whispers ref1
descriptions of ref1
explanations ref1
hideous army of ref1
methods of attack ref1
motivations ref1
plots against mankind ref1
power of ref1
prophecies of ref1
and religious contamination ref1
Serapis considered a demon ref1
wicked thoughts and temptations ref1
Dendera ref1
desert monks
asceticism of ref1
and battles with demons and Satan’s minions ref1
beset by visions and temptations ref1
clothing ref1
considered mad and repellent ref1
description of ref1, ref2
diet and starvation ref1
grim tales concerning ref1
as poor and illiterate ref1
reasons for peculiar practices ref1
slaves advised to become ref1
and thoughts of death ref1
as vicious and thuggish ref1
see also monks
Devil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Diocletian, Emperor ref1
Diogenes ref1
Dionysus ref1
Domitian, Emperor ref1
Domitius ref1
Drake, H. A. ref1n
Eco, Umberto ref1
The Name of the Rose ref1
Edict of Milan (313) ref1, ref2
Einstein, Albert ref1
Elgin, Lord ref1
empiricism ref1 and note
Engels, Friedrich ref1
Ephesus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Eratosthenes ref1
erotica
at Pompeii ref1
and bathhouses ref1
Christian moralizing on food, sex and women ref1, ref2
classical statues ref1
and homosexuality ref1
in literature ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
and sex within marriage ref1
sexual practice in the Roman world ref1
Euclid ref1
Eulalia ref1, ref2
Eunapius ref1, ref2
Euripides ref1
Eusebius ref1, ref2, ref3
Firmicus Maternus ref1
Flora ref1
food and drink ref1, ref2
Frend, W. H. C. ref1
Galen
at Alexandria ref1
Christian attitude towards ref1
disparagement of Christians and physicians ref1
observations and understanding of neuroanatomy ref1
pig experiment ref1, ref2, ref3
Galileo Galilei ref1
Garden of Eden ref1
Gaul ref1
Gaza ref1, ref2
Geffcken, Johannes ref1
Gell, Sir William ref1
Germanicus ref1
Gessius, Flavius Aelius ref1
Gibbon, Edward ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ref1
Gnostic, Gnosticism ref1
God
as all-seeing ref1, ref2, ref3
attitude towards pagans ref1
Augustine’s appeal to ref1
Celsus’s comments on ref1, ref2
choosing between Satan and God ref1
as the creator ref1, ref2
and the demons ref1
Galen’s comments on ref1
of Genesis ref1
and the language of the Bible ref1
pagans’ attitude towards ref1
Porphyry’s comments on ref1
and removal of abominations from His presence ref1
and the saving of mankind ref1
shape and form of ref1
Gratian, Emperor ref1
Great Persecution (AD 303) ref1, ref2
Greco-Roman world
as cynical ref1
and divine benevolence ref1
hedonism of ref1
lusty pantheon of gods ref1
omens ref1
religious intensity in ref1
religious system ref1, ref2, ref3
variety of worship ref1
worship of gods forbidden ref1
Greenblatt, Stephen ref1
Hell ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Hercules ref1
Hermes ref1
Hermopolis, Egypt ref1
Herodotus ref1, ref2
Hipparchus ref1
Homer ref1, ref2
Iliad ref1
homosexuals ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Hopkins, Keith ref1
Horace ref1, ref2, ref3
Hours of Jeanne de Navarre ref1
Hypatia of Alexandria ref1, ref2
as astronomer and mathematician ref1
as local celebrity ref1
murder of ref1, ref2, ref3
non-partisan behaviour of ref1
pupils of ref1
romantic notions concerning ref1
rumours concerning ref1
Index Librorum Prohibitorum ref1
Inquisition ref1
Isis ref1, ref2
Islamic State ref1
Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend ref1, ref2 and note
Jehovah’s Witnesses ref1n
Jerome, St ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Jesuits ref1, ref2
Jesus Christ
Celsus’s comments on ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
conception of ref1
divinity of ref1
Galen comments on the credulity of Christ’s followers ref1
miracles of ref1, ref2
Resurrection of ref1
and the saving of mankind ref1
and turning the other cheek ref1
Jesus College, Oxford ref1
Jews, Judaism ref1
violence against ref1
John the Baptist ref1, ref2, ref3
John Chrysostom (John ‘Goldenmouth’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Johnson, Samuel ref1
Jones, A. H. M. ref1
Joyce, James, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ref1
Judge, E. A. ref1
Julia (daughter of Augustus) ref1
Julian the Apostate ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Julius (veteran soldier) ref1, ref2
Julius Caesar ref1
mockingly called ‘the Queen of Bithynia’ ref1
Jupiter ref1
Justinian, Emperor ref1, ref2
laws of ref1, ref2
Juvenal ref1, ref2, ref3
Kendrick, Walter ref1
Khosrow, King of Persia ref1, ref2
King James Bible ref1
Kingsley, Charles ref1
Lacarrière, Jacques ref1
Lane Fox, Robin ref1
Latin ref1
Libanius (Greek orator) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Liberalia, feast of ref1, ref2
Libya ref1
Life of Brian (film, 1979) ref1n
Life of Martin ref1
literature
as acceptable ref1
accusations of magic made against ref1 and note, ref1
as alarming ref1
assimilation of classical texts ref1, ref2
banning of ref1 and note, ref1, ref2
as bawdy and obscene ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Bible read allegorically ref1
burning and eradication of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
censorship and mutilation of ref1, ref2, ref3
Christian attitude towards ref1
Christian moralizing on food, sex and women ref1
as contaminating ref1, ref2
copies made of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
as demonic and devilish ref1, ref2, ref3
editing of classical canon ref1
effect of Christianity on ref1
and the Great Library at Alexandria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Greek ref1, ref2
intellectual achievements of pagans ref1
and the language of the Bible ref1
manual on public speaking ref1 and note
in monastic libraries ref1, ref2, ref3
polytheist ref1
sadistic ref1
threatening Christian writings ref1
and the writing of history ref1
Livy ref1
Lucan ref1
Lucian of Samosata ref1
Life of Peregrinus ref1
nicknamed ‘the Blasphemer’ ref1
Lucretius
atomic theory ref1
On the Nature of Things ref1
MacMullen, Ramsay ref1, ref2
Magdalen College, Oxford ref1
Malchus ref1, ref2
Marcellus, Bishop ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Marcus Aurelius ref1, ref2
Meditations ref1
Martial ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Epigram 1.90’ ref1
Martin, St ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
martyrdom
eagerness of Christians to become martyrs ref1, ref2
early books on ref1
female martyrs ref1, ref2, ref3
glory and rewards ref1
historical facts concerning ref1, ref2
influence of ref1
killed while breaking idols ref1
martyrs as art ref1
and Pliny’s ‘Letter 10.96’ ref1, ref2, ref3
popular narrative concerning ref1
and problem of sacrifice ref1, ref2, ref3
reluctance of officials to execute ref1, ref2
and saints ref1
and suicide ref1, ref2
Maxentius ref1
Maximus (prefect) ref1
Michael (reader of fantasy novels) ref1n
Michelangelo ref1
Minerva ref1
Minucius Felix ref1
Mithras ref1
monasteries
erasure of classical works ref1
lands belonging to ref1
life in ref1
and preservation of classical knowledge ref1
rules of ref1
monasticism ref1, ref2
monks
attack Orestes in Alexandria ref1
break into house of Gessius ref1
copying of manuscripts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
demonic attacks ref1
demonic descriptions ref1
in the desert ref1, ref2
destruction of manuscripts ref1
fear of ref1
and fornication ref1
intensity and violence of ref1, ref2, ref3
life in a monastery ref1
powerful image of ref1
self-help guides ref1
in a time of miracles ref1
as vulgar, stinking and ill-educated ref1, ref2, ref3
see also desert monks
Monte Cassino ref1, ref2
Moses ref1, ref2, ref3
Moss, Candida ref1
Murdoch, Iris ref1
Muses of Helicon ref1
Muslims ref1
Nazi Germany ref1
Neoplatonism ref1
Nero, Emperor
blames Christians for the Great Fire ref1
builds extravagant Golden House ref1
family background ref1
famous novel written about ref1
persecution and execution of Christians ref1, ref2
sexual passions ref1
watches Rome burn ref1
Newton, Isaac ref1
Nicomedes, King ref1
Nietzsche, Friedrich ref1
Oedipus the King ref1
Orestes, governor of Alexandria ref1, ref2
Origen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Orphism ref1
Ovid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
‘Art of Love’ ref1
Metamorphoses ref1
pagans, paganism
acceptable sexual practice ref1
add Christian god and saints to polytheistic gods ref1
Augustine’s comment on ref1
bathhouses of ref1
and the coming of Christianity ref1
Constantine’s attack upon ref1
conversion of ref1, ref2
described as madmen ref1
destruction of temples and statues ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
dispute over Altar of Victory ref1
intellectual achievements of ref1
interest in ref1
laws issued against ref1, ref2, ref3
plead for toleration ref1
questions concerning religious contamination ref1
religion as demonically inspired ref1
resistance to raging mobs of Christians ref1
suppression and persecution of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
use of word ‘pagan’ ref1
vanishing of ref1, ref2
war against ref1
Palladas (Greek poet) ref1, ref2, ref3
Palmyra ref1, ref2
Palmyra Museum ref1
Pan ref1, ref2, ref3
Panopolis ref1
parabalani
attack and kill Hypatia ref1
description of ref1
devoted to the service of God ref1
membership of ref1
as a ‘terrorist charity’ ref1
violent attacks on Jews ref1
Parthenon ref1
Paul, St ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
The Penguin Dictionary of Saints ref1
Peregrinus ref1
Pergamum ref1
Persia ref1, ref2
Phidias ref1
Philae ref1
philosophy, philosophers
Athenian ref1, ref2, ref3
atomists ref1, ref2
attacks on ref1
Christian attitudes towards ref1, ref2, ref3
competing schools of ref1
Damascius and the seven philosophers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and destruction of Serapis ref1
Epicurean ref1
female ref1, ref2, ref3
loathing of Christianity ref1, ref2
Peripatetics ref1
in Rome ref1
Stoics ref1, ref2, ref3
tortured, burned alive and beheaded ref1, ref2
witty and humorous asides ref1, ref2
Phoenicia ref1
plague ref1
Plato ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Timaeus ref1, ref2
Plautus ref1
Pliny the Elder ref1, ref2n, ref3, ref4
Pliny the Younger ref1, ref2
admiration for shrines ref1
comment on temple wall inscriptions ref1
execution of his slaves ref1
organizes reforms on behalf of Trajan ref1
uncomfortable journey to Bithynia ref1
watches the eruption of Vesuvius ref1n, ref2
writes ‘Letter 10.96’ on the ‘wretched cult’ of Christianity ref1, ref2, ref3
Plutarch ref1
Pollini, John ref1
polytheism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Pompeii
access to objects from ref1
bathhouses at ref1
erotica in ref1
excavations at ref1
guidebooks to ref1, ref2
Pontius Pilate ref1
Porphyry ref1, ref2
Priapus ref1
Probus (Roman prefect) ref1
Procopius ref1
Protagoras ref1
Prudentius ref1
Ptolemy II ref1, ref2
Ptolemy III Euergetes ref1
Pythian Apollo ref1
Quo Vadis (book, film, TV series) ref1
Rabbula, Bishop ref1
Ratio Studiorum ref1
Renaissance ref1, ref2
Rohmann, Dirk ref1, ref2, ref3
Roman Empire
baths and bathhouses in ref1
Christian architecture in ref1
Christian martyrs in ref1, ref2, ref3
Christianity in ref1, ref2, ref3
desecration of temples in ref1
eradication and burning of books in ref1
fall of ref1
Galen’s fame in ref1
limited number of persecutions in ref1
philanthropy in ref1
provincial life in ref1
religious worship in ref1
reluctance to execute Christians in ref1, ref2
sciences in ref1
sexual practice in ref1
theatre and drama in ref1
travelling around ref1
tricksters and sorcerers in ref1
Rome ref1
acceptance of foreign gods in ref1
Altar of Victory, Senate House ref1
architecture in ref1
atomists in ref1
Christians sent for trial to ref1
cleanliness, magnificence and noise in ref1
collapse of ancient cults ref1
dependent on the goodwill of the gods ref1
execution and persecution of Christians ref1
feast of Liberalia ref1, ref2
fossores (diggers of the catacombs) ref1
Galen’s gatherings in ref1, ref2
Great Fire of ref1
as haunt of demons ref1
lust, gluttony and avarice in ref1
Sack of (AD 410) ref1
scorning of luxurious dress in ref1
spread of Christianity in ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
tolerance of the Romans ref1n
Rovelli, Carlo ref1
The Royal Museum at Naples, Being Some Account of the Erotic Paintings, Bronzes and Statues Contained in that Famous ‘Cabinet Secret’ ref1
Sanctus ref1
Satan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Sauer, Eberhard ref1
Savonarola ref1
Seneca ref1, ref2, ref3
Serapis, temple of
church built to St John the Baptist on its ruins ref1
description of ref1
destruction of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Great Library of Alexandria in ref1, ref2
statue of god Serapis ref1, ref2
Seven Sleepers story ref1, ref2
sex see erotica
Shapur I, King ref1 and note
Shaw, Brent D. ref1, ref2
Shaw, George Bernard ref1
Shenoute, St ref1
breaks into house of Gessius ref1
description of ref1
monks terrified of ref1
punishments used by ref1
wrestles with the Devil ref1
Sienkiewicz, Henryk, Quo Vadis ref1
Simeon Stylites the Younger ref1, ref2
Simon Magus ref1
Sisyphus ref1
slaves, slavery ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Socrates ref1, ref2
Sophocles ref1
Sorbonne, Paris ref1
Sozomen ref1
Sparta Archaeological Museum ref1
Stark, Rodney ref1
statues
of Augustus ref1
in bathhouses ref1, ref2
in the British Museum ref1
as cause for hilarity ref1
demonic connections ref1, ref2
destruction and vandalism of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
of gods and goddesses ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
spontaneous destruction of injures two ‘idolators’ ref1
offerings made to ref1
of Pliny the Younger ref1
plundered from the temples ref1, ref2, ref3
at Serapis ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
of Simon Magus ref1
Stephen, St ref1
Suetonius ref1, ref2, ref3
Symmachus ref1
Syria ref1, ref2, ref3
Tacitus ref1
Annals ref1
Tantalus ref1
temples
built to imperial family ref1
as centres of demonic behaviour ref1, ref2
Christian questions and attitudes concerning ref1
desertion of ref1
destruction and vandalism of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
inscriptions in ref1
Pliny’s comments on ref1, ref2
stones re-used to build houses and churches ref1, ref2
Tertullian ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
theatre ref1, ref2
Themistius ref1
Theodore, St ref1
Theodoret of Cyrrhus ref1
Theodosius I, Emperor ref1, ref2
Theodosius II, Emperor ref1
Theon ref1, ref2n
Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Tiberius, Emperor ref1
Tibullus ref1
Trajan, Emperor
agrees that Christians should be punished ref1
correspondence with Pliny ref1
declares that Christians ‘must not be hunted out’ ref1
involvement in minutiae of the province ref1
sends Pliny the Younger to Bithynia ref1
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ref1
Ustinov, Peter ref1
Valens, Emperor ref1
Valentinian I, Emperor ref1
Valentinian III, Emperor ref1
Valerian persecution (AD 257 to AD 260) ref1
Vatican ref1
Venus ref1
Vespasian, Emperor ref1
Vesuvius ref1n, ref2, ref3
Victoria, Queen ref1
Vienna ref1
Virgil ref1, ref2, ref3
Virgin Mary ref1, ref2, ref3
Waugh, Evelyn, Brideshead Revisited ref1 and note
White Monastery ref1, ref2
women
appearance of ref1
at the bathhouse ref1
as drunk ref1
erotic depictions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
as lesbians ref1, ref2, ref3
as martyrs ref1, ref2, ref3
as prostitutes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
and story of Hypatia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Zachariah of Mytilene ref1, ref2, ref3
Zeus ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Zoroaster ref1
Zosimus ref1