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Poitiers
    Hillgarth, J. N.
    History of God, A (Armstrong)
    Holy Spirit, in Arianism
    holy war
    of Christians
    of Constantine and Licinius
    of Maccabees
    and martyrdom
    Holy War (Armstrong)
    Homer
    homoousion-homoiousion controversy
    homosexuality
    Horace
    Horus
    Hosea
    Hosius of órdoba
    Huldah
    human sacrifice
    Hymn to the Mother of the Gods (Julian), epigraph from
    Hypatia, death of

    Iamblichus
    Iao
    idolatry
    of Israelites
    Iliad (Homer)
    Ilion
    Incas, human sacrifice by
    incubation
    In Defense of the Temples (Libanius)
    infants, abandoned
    In Hoc Signo Vinces
    Innocent , Pope
    Inquisition
    Iphigenia
    Iran
    Isaac
    Isaiah
    Ishtar
    Isis
    Islam
    calligraphy and architecture of
    monotheism and
    religious terrorism and
    rigorism of
    Israelites:
    conquest of Canaan by
    idolatry of
    military operations of
    monotheism and
    polytheism of
    tolerance of
    see also Jews; Judaism

    James (brother of Jesus)
    Jeremiah
    Jerome
    Jerusalem:
    Babylonian conquest of
    Hellenism and
    Roman siege and occupation of
    Jerusalem, Temple of, see Temple of Jerusalem
    Jesus of Nazareth
    and Arian controversy
    Constantine’s dream or vision of
    Constantine’s idea of nature of
    and destruction of the temple
    Jewish War
    Jews:
    and Julian’s plan for restoration of temple
    persecutions of
    rigorism of
    Rome’s tolerance of
    see also Israelites; Judaism
    John the Apostle
    Jones, Prudence
    Josephus
    Joshua
    Josiah
    death of
    Jove
    Jovian
    Judah “the Maccabee,”
    Judah, kingdom of:
    conquest of
    pagan shrines destroyed in
    Judaism
    fundamental credo of
    and Hellenism
    mezuzah in
    and monotheism
    and pagan women
    rigorists in
    in Roman empire
    sects and schisms of
    study of sacred writings of
    see also Israelites; Jews
    Judaizers
    Judea, Roman conquest and occupation of
    Julian “the Apostate,”
    appearance of
    as Augustus
    as Caesar
    on Constantine
    and Constantius
    coronation of, by soldiers
    domestic life of
    epigraph from
    and Eusebia
    and George of Cappadocia
    and Gregory of Nazianzus
    historians’ evaluation of
    on ideal pagan ruler
    interment of
    magical beliefs of
    nickname of
    paganism of
    persecution of Christians by
    Persian campaign of
    and relics of St. Fides
    and restoration of temple of Jerusalem
    as soldier
    survival of writings of
    totalitarianism of
    visions of
    wounding and death of
    Julius Constantius
    Juno
    Jupiter see also Zeus
    Juvenal

    Ka’bah
    Kirk, K. E.
    Klauck, Hans-Josef
    Kopreus
    Kraemer, Ross Shepard
    Kuntillat ’Ajrud

    labarum
    Lactantius
    “Last Oracle, The” (Swinburne), epigraph from
    Latourette, Kenneth Scott
    Leeuv, Gerardus van der, epigraph from
    Letter to the Athenians (Julian)
    Leviticus, Book of
    Libanius on Christian monks
    Licinianus
    Licinius and Constantine
    Lietzmann, Hans
    Life of Constantine (Eusebius)
    Lord of Hosts
    Louis , King of France
    Lucian of Antioch

    Maccabees
    Maccabees, Book of
    Macellum
    MacMullen, Ramsay
    on destruction of Cicero’s writings
    on relics of St. Fides
    Madonna and child, image of
    magical practices
    in ancient Israel
    Constantine and
    of Neoplatonists
    Magna Mater, see Great Mother of the Gods
    Magnentius
    magus
    Mani
    Mansion of the Sun-Disk
    Marcion
    Marcus, Bishop
    Marcus Aurelius
    Mardonius
    Mark, Gospel of
    marriage practices, pagan
    Mars
    Martin, Edward J.
    Martin of Braga
    martyrdom:
    in Book of Maccabees
    of Christians, in ancient Rome
    of Jews, after Roman conquest
    of Jews, at Masada
    relics of
    Masada
    Mattathias
    Matthew, Gospel of
    Maxentius
    Maximian
    Maximinus Daia
    Maximus of Ephesus
    Maximus of Turin, epigraph from
    Mecca
    Megiddo
    human sacrifice at
    Meletians
    Mensurius
    Mercury
    Messiah
    mezuzah
    Michal
    Midianites
    Milan, Edict of
    Milcom
    Miles, Jack
    Miletus
    Milvian Bridge, Battle of
    Minerva
    Minervina
    minyan
    Mispogon (Julian)
    Mithra
    Mohammed
    Moloch
    monks, Christian
    monotheism
    of Abraham
    of Akhenaton
    animal sacrifices in
    of Christianity
    classical paganism as enemy of
    under Constantine’s sons
    core value of
    and Council of