The Rise of Political Strike Religious Absolutism in Roman Politics

The rise of political and religious absolutism wasn't just a late antique Western Eurasian phenomenon, says historian Jeremy Swiss. But it's not just the Christians; we see something not dissimilar in the Sasanian state-sponsored neo-Mazdaism or Zoroastrian revival by the state happening at exactly the same time. The reality of social life in the late antique Roman Empire insofar as it's possible to generalize was anything but monolithic," writes Swiss.