Excerpt from Parthenia: Or, the Last Days of Paganism The period at which the events represented in the following pages occurred, or (as in one or more exceptions) are imagined to have occurred, was the middle of the fourth century; the time when Paganism and Christianity were nearly balanced in their earthly forces; when a Christianized Paganism and a Paganized Christianity would naturally array themselves against each other. This was the time for a leading mind to appear as the Vindicator or restorer of the old religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.