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The Darkening Age

Catherine Nixey

What happened to the ancient world's temples, statues and thinkers when zealots in the rising Christian church turned on them?

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Author
Catherine Nixey

Why read it

  • You will see the Christian takeover of the Roman world from the side of those who lost
  • You will question the comfortable story that the old religions simply faded because a better creed arrived
  • You will learn how zeal and a sense of righteousness can turn believers into a destructive crowd

Who it is for

  • A history reader curious about the end of the ancient world
  • A visitor to ancient ruins who wonders who defaced the statues
  • A reader of classical philosophy who wonders how its schools ended

Contents

  1. Prologue: A Beginning
  2. Palmyra, c. AD 385
  3. Introduction: An Ending
  4. Athens, AD 532
  5. Chapter One
  6. The Invisible Army
  7. Chapter Two
  8. The Battleground of Demons
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Wisdom Is Foolishness
  11. Chapter Four
  12. “On the Small Number of Martyrs”
  13. Photo I
  14. Chapter Five
  15. These Deranged Men
  16. Chapter Six
  17. The Most Magnificent Building in the World
  18. Chapter Seven
  19. To Despise the Temples
  20. Chapter Eight
  21. How to Destroy a Demon
  22. Chapter Nine
  23. The Reckless Ones
  24. Chapter Ten
  25. To Drink from the Cup of Devils
  26. Chapter Eleven
  27. To Cleanse the Error of Demons
  28. Chapter Twelve
  29. Carpe Diem
  30. Chapter Thirteen
  31. They That Forsake the Way of God
  32. Photo II
  33. Chapter Fourteen
  34. To Obliterate the Tyranny of Joy
  35. Chapter Fifteen
  36. “Merciful Savagery”
  37. Chapter Sixteen
  38. “A Time of Tyranny and Crisis”
  39. Connect with HMH on Social Media

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