A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.

In Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity, Thomas Sizgorich seeks to understand why and how violent expressions of religious devotion became central to the self-

'Violence' is virtually synonymous in the popular imagination with the period of the Later Roman Empire-a time when waves of barbarian invaders combined with ur

Social Control in Late Antiquity: The Violence of Small Worlds explores the small-scale communities of late antiquity – households, monasteries, and schools �

Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.