Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire
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| [[Early Christianity|Christianity]] grew gradually in Rome and the Roman empire over the 1st to 4th centuries, until it became the official state religion with the [[Theodosian decrees]] of 389-391. Hellenistic polytheistic traditions survived in some pockets of Greece into the 9th century. The [[Neoplatonic]] ''[[Plato's Academy|Academy]]'' was shut down by [[Justinian I]] in [[529]], a date sometimes taken to mark the end of [[Classical Antiquity]]. | [[Early Christianity|Christianity]] grew gradually in Rome and the Roman empire over the 1st to 4th centuries, until it became the official state religion with the [[Theodosian decrees]] of 389-391. Hellenistic polytheistic traditions survived in some pockets of Greece into the 9th century. The [[Neoplatonic]] ''[[Plato's Academy|Academy]]'' was shut down by [[Justinian I]] in [[529]], a date sometimes taken to mark the end of [[Classical Antiquity]]. | ||
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The Greco-Roman religion at the time of the Constantinian shift mostly consisted of three main currents,
- Greco-Roman Polytheism,
- the official Roman imperial cult,
- various Mystery religions.
Christianity grew gradually in Rome and the Roman empire over the 1st to 4th centuries, until it became the official state religion with the Theodosian decrees of 389-391. Hellenistic polytheistic traditions survived in some pockets of Greece into the 9th century. The Neoplatonic Academy was shut down by Justinian I in 529, a date sometimes taken to mark the end of Classical Antiquity.
See also
- Hellenistic religion
- Roman imperial cult
- Mithraism
- Hellenistic Judaism
- Christianity and paganism
- Neoplatonism and Christianity
- Pseudo-Dionysius
- Damascius
- Early Christianity
- Constantinian shift
- Late Antiquity
- Christianization
- Historical persecution by Christians
- Roman polytheistic reconstructionism
- Persecution of pagans by the Christian Roman Empire
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