A review by samypants35
Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity by James J. O'Donnell

2.0

It started out really strong, but by the end I was struggling. I think it's more my fault than the authors, as the book is very readable. I lost my momentum after Christianity began to get adopted in the Roman empire. I think if I had more familiarity with the emperors or the story of early Christianity, I could have gotten a lot more from it, but I mostly was interested in the "end of traditional religion" part of the subtitle.

The author had a nice conversational tone, but I don't think this is an amazing introduction to a general historical audience.