A Chronicle of the Last Pagans

A Chronicle of the Last Pagans is a 1990 popular history book on pagan retreat in the Roman Empire, written by historian Pierre Chuvin and published by Harvard University Press.[1]

A Chronicle of the Last Pagans
AuthorPierre Chuvin
Original titleChronique des derniers païens
TranslatorB. A. Archer
SubjectClassical antiquity
PublisherLes Belles Lettres/Fayard
Publication date
1990
Published in English
1990
Pages188

Legacy edit

The book inspired the 2020 lo-fi album Songs for Pierre Chuvin by the Mountain Goats.[2]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Whitby 1991.
  2. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (April 16, 2020). "The Mountain Goats: Songs for Pierre Chuvin". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 6, 2022.

References edit

  • Athanassiadi, Polymnia (1992). "Review of L'Orient Romain: Provinces et Sociétés Provinciales en Meditérannée Orientale d'Auguste aux Severes (31 avant J.-C.-235 apres J.-C.); A Chronicle of the Last Pagans; Hellenism in Late Antiquity". The Journal of Roman Studies. 82: 284–287. doi:10.2307/301340. ISSN 0075-4358. JSTOR 301340.
  • Balty, Janine (1991). "Review of Hellenism in Late Antiquity. (Jerome Lectures. 18); A Chronicle of the Last Pagans. (Revealing Antiquity. 4); Chronique des derniers païens. 2 e éd. (Histoire), Pierre Chuvin". L'Antiquité Classique. 60: 468–470. ISSN 0770-2817. JSTOR 41655479.
  • Bruggisser, Philippe (1994). "Review of Chronique des derniers païens. La disparition du paganisme dans l'Empire romain, du règne de Constantin à celui de Justinien". Gnomon (in French). 66 (2): 147–151. ISSN 0017-1417. JSTOR 27691584.
  • Drake, H. A. (1992). "Review of A Chronicle of the Last Pagans". The Catholic Historical Review. 78 (2): 269–270. ISSN 0008-8080. JSTOR 25023769.
  • Klein, Richard (1992). "Review of A Chronicle of the Last Pagans". Gnomon. 64 (1): 82–83. ISSN 0017-1417. JSTOR 27690964.
  • Paschoud, François (1991). "Review of A Chronicle of the Last Pagans". Museum Helveticum. 48 (3): 203. ISSN 0027-4054. JSTOR 24817845.
  • Penella, Robert J. (1991). "Review of A Chronicle of the Last Pagans". The Classical World. 84 (6): 504–505. doi:10.2307/4350959. ISSN 0009-8418. JSTOR 4350959.
  • Simelon, P. (1995). "Review of Chronique des derniers païens. La disparition du paganisme dans l'Empire romain, du règne de Constantin à celui de Justinien. 2 e édition revue et corrigée; A Chronicle of the Last Pagans. (Revealing Antiquity, 4), Pierre Chuvin". Latomus. 54 (4): 946–948. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41537522.
  • Whitby, Michael (1991). "Review of A Chronicle of the Last Pagans". The Classical Review. 41 (1): 258–259. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00278621. ISSN 0009-840X. JSTOR 712722. S2CID 162340855.

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