Pagan City and Christian Capital - Curran, John R (, Lecturer in the School of Classics and Ancient History, Queen's University, Belfast)

An original and lively study of the transformation of the landscape, civic life, and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire, which laid the foundation for the capital of medieval Christendom.