A Chronicle of the Last Pagans

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A Chronicle of the Last Pagans
Author Pierre Chuvin
Original titleChronique des derniers païens
TranslatorB. A. Archer
Subject Classical antiquity
Publisher Les Belles Lettres/Fayard
Publication date
1990
Published in English
1990
Pages188

A Chronicle of the Last Pagans is a 1990 popular history book on pagan retreat in the Roman Empire, written by historian Pierre Chuvin and published by Harvard University Press. [1]

Contents

Legacy

The book inspired the 2020 lo-fi album Songs for Pierre Chuvin by the Mountain Goats. [2]

Notes

  1. Whitby 1991.
  2. Sodomsky, Sam (April 16, 2020). "The Mountain Goats: Songs for Pierre Chuvin". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 6, 2022.

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