The volume contains a foreword, an introduction on legislation and propaganda in Codex Theodosianus, and 26 papers presented at conferences from 11-13/11/2013 in Trier, 4-6/12/2014 in Rome, and 27-28/3/2014 in Gent, which are reflected by the 3 chapters of the book. These deal with “Religious identities and real spheres of life” [8 papers], “Economic developments and their perception” [12], and “Late Antique Churches and their finances” [6]. In detail, the topics are pagan cults in Rome and Trier, the townscape of Miletus, bishops and profane buildings, archaeology as an alternative source, the basilica of Saint Demetrius at Thessaloniki, graves of Christian horsemen, Augustin’s criticism of Christian funeral meals, the interrelationship of economy and everyday life, 4th-century B.C. economy, large estates, the fiscal system, Vandals in North Africa, finds of coins, the decline of circuses, an Alpine hilltop settlement, city centres of Asia Minor, pottery from Miletus and North-West Egypt, barter in Egypt, personal and collective property, church and state, administrators within the clergy, church and economy, credit business of monks, and the Monastery of St. Paulos at Thebes.weiterlesen