https://www.religiousdirt.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/d2b8eae0-174e-450c-bf69-bebf27c316fd/Clodia_Cover2025.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/935d6377-9246-46b0-9cbc-4f252bd90d3d/smithsonian-associates.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/b439f9aa-3c8c-4ee4-a844-fffacae808a0/434FB6A0-99CF-4002-A17D-4BB937EB7853.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587589553609-OSNNEUATNR7O48PIMZ6T/Boin_AuthorPhoto_Amazon2019_b.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/6ef77ca8-dfd0-4371-b249-8fbc204b3589/IMG_1420.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587671473299-51R8VR0F9NCDQJHEO3IW/IMG_5836_EDIT-CMYK-Amazon.jpg Douglas Boin Douglas Boin is Professor of History at Saint Louis University and the author of Alaric the Goth, Coming Out Christian in the Roman World, and two additional books on antiquity. 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Literary Agency Ayesha Pande Literary 64 Sages Loop Kerhonkson, NY 12446 Phone: 212-283-5825 General Inquiries Prof. Douglas Boin Department of History 3800 Lindell Boulevard Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 douglas.boin [at] slu.edu https://www.religiousdirt.com/about daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587677407908-5E5UKX6S9JNJO1E3MY0A/IMG_1285.jpg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587677441902-J3W0TSCVPDUSD96Q3UPN/IMG_9428.jpeg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587713230562-UML6BN0O7SDV0SQ53B1P/IMG_9321.jpg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1611678489967-CWT2BXB7ZCQE0H0WXXWN/EQBFY1dW4AAwSHq.jpeg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/37ed32e7-000d-4fd7-994e-6e8b5c35b466/IMG_8135.jpg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1611677916588-0HW4O5CQEJKPCTY4ZZ4A/IMG_7317.jpeg About Douglas Boin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587702065008-6QA4N90O70XNF14Q1RSO/Boin_2019_SmallWeb.jpeg About Douglas Boin Photo by Nicole Griffing https://www.religiousdirt.com/alaric-readings daily 0.75 2020-06-08 https://www.religiousdirt.com/reading-group-guide-alaric daily 0.75 2020-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1588442725751-TKQKWGJY2YFP6FHR4MO3/ALARIC+cover+72+smaller+size.jpeg Reading Group Guide for Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1588559009280-EZFAADTS1EBN37KV9JBL/Boin_2019_SmallWeb.jpeg Reading Group Guide for Alaric the Goth - About the Author Douglas Boin, raised just outside Chicago, in Park Ridge, Illinois, grew up attending Jesuit Catholic schools, where his teachers cultivated his interest in storytelling, history, and religion. After college at Georgetown, he moved to Austin to pursue graduate work at The University of Texas. He is an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University and is available to speak about his love of Italian culture, classical history, his ongoing fieldwork in Italy, and how growing up gay in a Catholic family has shaped his writing. https://www.religiousdirt.com/media daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/194d384a-297e-4d38-9c14-988914c4d27d/ColinMcEnroe.jpg Media Appearances - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1601584386250-FFTM7I4TB8FS84G8U3CZ/WritersVoice.png Media Appearances Available on iTunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/93c378e7-fe4c-4252-8fe0-2204f355d548/BoinPictures_DouglasBoin-1200x811.jpg Media Appearances Read the November 2025 article at SLU’s University News. https://www.religiousdirt.com/books daily 0.75 2025-02-09 https://www.religiousdirt.com/books/alaric-the-goth monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587743958953-0I84HTC4FLVKK1HSLRF5/IMG_6194.jpeg Books - Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587744199223-51OE0WG57P31M84W40KW/IMG_7134.jpg Books - Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587745054924-KIAFWEBT50ZAJQIXL5JR/BoinFig3b_IMG_3691+copy.JPG Books - Alaric the Goth The Danube River delta, by Abby Rennemeyer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1587743552613-XF3F534G4NEB8WOJ6AF4/ALARIC+cover+72+smaller+size.jpeg Books - Alaric the Goth “A fascinating account of one of the most important—and misunderstood—leaders in Roman history. 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A must read for anyone who wants to understand the whole story of the fall of Rome.” Mike Duncan New York Times best-selling author of The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1609176027754-7VP908BZ277FNO7AUCU8/original.jpg Books - Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1609176408389-K19JDKYIWQ9YEM5O92KS/235_3D_large.png Books - Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1609276038909-P6GOSSRIDPAJ6FCG1I1I/11237301.jpg Books - Alaric the Goth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/32d74a62-cf89-48d2-98ea-88d8a8c4949c/WashingtonPost_Stock.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1621437857810-TCIEG2BH0P2XRJF97EL7/header_v2-essay-gettyimages-464440171.jpg Books - Alaric the Goth - Who was allowed to call the Roman Empire home? Read Doug’s May 2021 feature piece on the history of ethnicity and citizenship in Ancient Rome at Aeon. Image credit: Detail of Battle against the Inhabitants of Veii and Fidenae (c1598), by Guiseppe Cesari, also known as the Cavaliere d’Arpino. The National Gallery, London. Courtesy Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea09a0a0528286ed6610ace/1609285895898-F1ROERQPT379I87EVA5U/goths.jpg Books - Alaric the Goth Roman warrior holding the head of an enemy between his teeth, cast from Trajan’s Column, 1862 © Luisa Ricciarini/Bridgeman Images. 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Highly recommended.” — G. I. Halfond, Choice