The Destruction of Paganism - Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Chapter 28

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English - October 31, 2013 13:00 - 13 minutes - 3.21 MB - ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
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The destruction of paganism was one of the greatest acts of cultural vandalism in human history. A centuries old tradition that went back before recorded history was wiped out by the order of the emperor Theodosius. It would never be reversed.

Books Referenced

Decline and Fall
The Roman Empire