Rome's Age of Revolution

<p><b> Remarkable A joy to read </b>JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of <i>How the World Made the West</i><br><br><b>'One of the most important books on ancient history in many years </b>HARRY SIDEBOTTOM, author of <i>Warrior of Rome</i><br><br><b>How did Christianity, starting out as a minor offshoot of Judaism, grow into an international faith that shaped the world as we know it?</b><br><br><i>Rome s Age of Revolution </i>corrects the triumphalist narrative that the Christian message was so persuasive, and indeed superior, that people converted in huge numbers, abandoning their pagan beliefs, thereby turning a small persecuted sect into the state religion of the Roman Empire.<br><br>Tim Whitmarsh shows that Christianity would never have succeeded if it had not taken advantage of the infrastructure and culture of the Roman Empire; in turn the new religion was indelibly shaped and transformed by Roman beliefs and ideas, especially those circulating in the Greek-speaking, or Hellenistic, eastern parts of the empire. This radical transformation, Tim argues, can only be described as a revolution. The consequences are with us to this day.<br><br><b> Riveting incisive and stylishly written </b>EDITH HALL, author of <i>Aristotle s Way</i><br><br><b>'Fascinating and powerful throughout' </b>ANDREW PETTEGREE, author of <i>The Book at War</i><br><br><b> Dazzling </b> CANDIDA MOSS, author of <i>God s Ghost-writers</i></p>