For the Archaeological Institute of America & Society for Classical Studies 2021, Eric Schmidt shares virtual conference highlights."I acquire broadly in premodern history and religion. Our publishing program has a cultural studies remit overall, and as part of the premodern list, I’m es
by Edward J. Watts, author of The Final Pagan Generation: Rome's Unexpected Path to ChristianityIn 392 AD, a Christian mob destroyed the Alexandrian temple of Serapis, the biggest and most impressive temple in the eastern Mediterranean. The six-hundred-year-old Serapeum complex had stood on