British ancient historian at Oxford who wrote Alexander the Great, Pagans and Christians, The Classical World, and The Unauthorized Version — known for biography, religious history, and classical survey — who also served as an historical consultant on Oliver Stone's Alexander film.
Provides the most balanced and readable scholarly biography of Alexander the Great — neither hagiography nor debunking — and his Pagans and Christians offers the most comprehensive account of the encounter between traditional Roman religion and early Christianity.
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