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Fiction as history : Nero to Julian / G. W. Bowersock

This study examines the relationship between historical and fictional truths in second-century Greek and Latin pagan literature. It explores how these narratives were influenced by emerging Christian Gospels and reflects the social attitudes of the period.

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