Excerpt from Three Introductory Lectures on Ecclesiastical History II. Rome the stronghold of Paganism, Roman Society as described by Macrobius, The Altar of Victory, S. Ambrose, Did Theodosius refer to the Senate the question as to the adoption of Christianity? The Capture of Rome by Alaric, Paganism lingered in the East, And still longer in the West, From these details two leading facts emerge 1. Centuries elapsed before the triumph of the Church was secured, 2. The Bishops of Rome were not her leaders in the conflict. 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.