Mattias Gassman is a Latinist and Roman historian. In 2017, he completed his doctorate in Classics at the University of Cambridge. His research, which includes articles on Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, Orosius, and Augustine, focuses on late antique reception of Classical literature and the intersection of religion, politics, and literary culture in the later Roman Empire.

• AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. 'Like a Stream of Tullian Eloquence': Lactantius, Cicero, and the Critique of Roman Religion in the Divine Institutes2. On the Error of Profane Religions: Emperors and Traditional Religion after Constantine3. 'The Manifold Divinity of the Gods': 'Paganism' in Fourth-Century Rome4. Rome, Religion, and Christian Emperors: Rethinking the Altar of Victory Affair5. Commemorating Vettius Agorius Praetextatus: Senators and Traditional Religion in 380s RomeConclusionBibliography

Gassman forcefully and compellingly provides a narrative of the 'polymorphic' discourse on 'traditional Roman Religion' in the fourth century (168). His book is very good, very clear and erudite.... Those who teach or research Christian polemic or apologetic, fourth century paganism, or Roman religious history more broadly will need to reckon with Gassman's book. And those working closely on one of the figures or works he considers closely, such as Lactantius or Symmachus' Relatio 3, will be well served by Gassman's erudite and often unique analysis in the relevant sections.

Mattias Gassman is a Latinist and Roman historian. In 2017, he completed his doctorate in Classics at the University of Cambridge. His research, which includes articles on Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, Orosius, and Augustine, focuses on late antique reception of Classical literature and the intersection of religion, politics, and literary culture in the later Roman Empire.

• AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. 'Like a Stream of Tullian Eloquence': Lactantius, Cicero, and the Critique of Roman Religion in the Divine Institutes2. On the Error of Profane Religions: Emperors and Traditional Religion after Constantine3. 'The Manifold Divinity of the Gods': 'Paganism' in Fourth-Century Rome4. Rome, Religion, and Christian Emperors: Rethinking the Altar of Victory Affair5. Commemorating Vettius Agorius Praetextatus: Senators and Traditional Religion in 380s RomeConclusionBibliography

Gassman forcefully and compellingly provides a narrative of the 'polymorphic' discourse on 'traditional Roman Religion' in the fourth century (168). His book is very good, very clear and erudite.... Those who teach or research Christian polemic or apologetic, fourth century paganism, or Roman religious history more broadly will need to reckon with Gassman's book. And those working closely on one of the figures or works he considers closely, such as Lactantius or Symmachus' Relatio 3, will be well served by Gassman's erudite and often unique analysis in the relevant sections.

Mattias Gassman is a Latinist and Roman historian. In 2017, he completed his doctorate in Classics at the University of Cambridge. His research, which includes articles on Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, Orosius, and Augustine, focuses on late antique reception of Classical literature and the intersection of religion, politics, and literary culture in the later Roman Empire.

• AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. 'Like a Stream of Tullian Eloquence': Lactantius, Cicero, and the Critique of Roman Religion in the Divine Institutes2. On the Error of Profane Religions: Emperors and Traditional Religion after Constantine3. 'The Manifold Divinity of the Gods': 'Paganism' in Fourth-Century Rome4. Rome, Religion, and Christian Emperors: Rethinking the Altar of Victory Affair5. Commemorating Vettius Agorius Praetextatus: Senators and Traditional Religion in 380s RomeConclusionBibliography

Gassman forcefully and compellingly provides a narrative of the 'polymorphic' discourse on 'traditional Roman Religion' in the fourth century (168). His book is very good, very clear and erudite.... Those who teach or research Christian polemic or apologetic, fourth century paganism, or Roman religious history more broadly will need to reckon with Gassman's book. And those working closely on one of the figures or works he considers closely, such as Lactantius or Symmachus' Relatio 3, will be well served by Gassman's erudite and often unique analysis in the relevant sections.