Rome's Age of Revolution
augustus, empire and the making of christianity
$33.75
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2026
Summary
The compelling, provocative account of how the Christian religion conquered the Roman Empire and how Rome in turn shaped Christianity—it’s the story of how religion and politics combined to lay the foundations for the Western world.
How did Christianity, starting out as a minor offshoot of Judaism, grow into an international faith that shaped the world as we know it? Rome’s Age of Revolution corrects the triumphalist narrative that the Christian message was so persuasive, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847925350 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847925359 |
| Author: | Tim Whitmarsh |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Tim Whitmarsh
Tim Whitmarsh is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, working on all areas of Greek literature and culture with a particular emphasis on Greeks under the Roman Empire and religion and atheism in the ancient world. He is the author of Battling the Gods, which was shortlisted from the Runciman Award, the London Hellenic Prize and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and has been translated into Dutch, Greek and Chinese.
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