Archaeology of Late Antique 'Paganism'

Luke Lavan is Lecturer in Archaeology at the Centre for Late Antique Archaeology, University of Kent. His doctorate (2001) considered Provincial Capitals in Late Antiquity. He is series editor of Late Antique Archaeology and directs the Kent section of Kent-Berlin Late Antique Ostia Project.Michael Mulryan is Associate Research Fellow of the Centre for Late Antique Archaeology, University of Kent. His doctorate (2008) considered The Religious Topography of Late Antique Rome (A.D. 312-440). His research interests focus on the late antique West where he is especially interested in ideas of urban sapce, particularly in relation to religion.

• Acknowledgements ... ixList of Contributors ... xiIntroduction ... xvLuke LavanBibliographic Essays‘Paganism’ in Late Antiquity: Thematic Studies ... 3Koen Demarsin‘Paganism’ in Late Antiquity: Regional Studies and Material Culture ... 41Michael MulryanThe Development of Paganism in Late AntiquityEusebius of Caesarea and the Concept of Paganism ... 89Peter Van NuffelenLate Antique Paganism: Adaptation under Duress ... 111Béatrice CaseauThe ‘End’ of Roman Senatorial Paganism ... 135David M. GwynnTemples in the WestTemples in Late Antique Gaul ... 165Penelope J. GoodmanFana, Templa, Delubra Destrui Praecipimus: The End of the Temples in Roman Spain ... 195Javier ArceThe Temple of Flora or Venus by the Circus Maximus and the New Christian Topography: The ‘Pagan Revival’ in Action? ... 209Michael MulryanThe Fate of the Temples in North Africa ... 229Gareth SearsTemples in the EastLate Paganism and Christianisation in Greece ... 263Helen G. Saradi with the contribution of Demetrios EliopoulosLate Paganism on the Aegean Islands and Processes of Christianisation ... 311Georgios DeligiannakisThe Fate of Temples in Late Antique Anatolia ... 347Peter Talloen and Lies VercauterenThe Fate of the Temples in Late Antique Egypt ... 389Jitse H. F. Dijkstra‘Pagan’ Statues Political Talismans? Residual ‘Pagan’ Statues in Late Antique Public Space ... 439Luke LavanReligious Intolerance and Pagan Statuary ... 479Béatrice CaseauSacred DepositsReligious Rituals at Springs in the Late Antique and Early Medieval World ... 505Eberhard W. SauerWells and Belief Systems at the End of Roman Britain: A Case Study from Roman London ... 551James GerrardIconography in Material CultureFrom Pagan to Christian: Religious Iconography in Material Culture from Sagalassos ... 575Peter TalloenAbstracts in French ... 609Indices ... 617Themes ... 617Index of People, Historical and Biblical ... 629Index of Places ... 636