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Doug is the author of Ostia in Late Antiquity, Coming Out Christian in the Roman World, and A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity
10-29-2017

Trilogy

I’m feeling really good about adding another book to the shelves. Read More

Publications, Writing

07-07-2016

The World After Rome

Covering the rise of Christianity to the rise of Islam, this book was one of the most challenging I’ve written. Read More

Publications, Writing

Cicero denounces Catiline in a painting by Cesare Maccari (1889).
01-11-2016

Was There Religious Extremism in Ancient Rome?

This week, I review Mary Beard’s New York Times bestseller SPQR. Here is some bonus material. Read More

Publications, Rome

St. Blandina of Lyon, one of the most famous early Christian martyrs. Photograph by Daniel Villafruela, slightly modified, from Wikimedia Commons.
09-11-2015

Martyr Follow-Up

In Rome, the rhetoric of “martyrdom” was expansive enough to be associated with civil disobedience, not just “death.” Read More

Publications

"The Jesus you're looking for...is not here." Latin caption from a painting by Fra Angelico (Full caption below).
06-10-2015

Jesus Is Missing—Again

Cutting “Jesus” out of “The Ultimate Reference Work on the Classical World” is a lost opportunity–for everyone. Read More

Jesus, Publications, Rome

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