The Archaeology of Late Antique 'Paganism'

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Acknowledgements ... ix List of Contributors ... xi Introduction ... xv Luke Lavan Bibliographic Essays 'Paganism' in Late Antiquity: Thematic Studies ... 3 Koen Demarsin 'Paganism' in Late Antiquity: Regional Studies and Material Culture ... 41 Michael Mulryan The Development of Paganism in Late Antiquity Eusebius of Caesarea and the Concept of Paganism ... 89 Peter Van Nuffelen Late Antique Paganism: Adaptation under Duress ... 111 Beatrice Caseau The 'End' of Roman Senatorial Paganism ... 135 David M. Gwynn Temples in the West Temples in Late Antique Gaul ... 165 Penelope J. Goodman Fana, Templa, Delubra Destrui Praecipimus: The End of the Temples in Roman Spain ... 195 Javier Arce The Temple of Flora or Venus by the Circus Maximus and the New Christian Topography: The 'Pagan Revival' in Action? ... 209 Michael Mulryan The Fate of the Temples in North Africa ... 229 Gareth Sears Temples in the East Late Paganism and Christianisation in Greece ... 263 Helen G. Saradi with the contribution of Demetrios Eliopoulos Late Paganism on the Aegean Islands and Processes of Christianisation ... 311 Georgios Deligiannakis The Fate of Temples in Late Antique Anatolia ... 347 Peter Talloen and Lies Vercauteren The Fate of the Temples in Late Antique Egypt ... 389 Jitse H. F. Dijkstra 'Pagan' Statues Political Talismans? Residual 'Pagan' Statues in Late Antique Public Space ... 439 Luke Lavan Religious Intolerance and Pagan Statuary ... 479 Beatrice Caseau Sacred Deposits Religious Rituals at Springs in the Late Antique and Early Medieval World ... 505 Eberhard W. Sauer Wells and Belief Systems at the End of Roman Britain: A Case Study from Roman London ... 551 James Gerrard Iconography in Material Culture From Pagan to Christian: Religious Iconography in Material Culture from Sagalassos ... 575 Peter Talloen Abstracts in French ... 609 Indices ... 617 Themes ... 617 Index of People, Historical and Biblical ... 629 Index of Places ... 636