Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Demarcation of Boundaries and the Problem of Incerti -- Polemic and Polarization -- 2 Constructing and Deconstructing Dichotomies -- Between the Darkness and the Light -- Naming the Otherness -- The Birth of Paganism -- Dichotomous Presuppositions and Grey Areas -- Subversions -- Incerti on the move -- Divided Loyalties or the Necessity of Choice? -- Leading a Double Life -- Opportunists and Turncoats - Attitudes towards Incerti -- Feigned Conversions and 'Cryptopagans' -- The Two Cities -- Interwovenness and Separation -- 3 Debate, Polemic and Dialogue -- Identity and Otherness -- The Rhetoric of Boundaries -- Debate, Polemic and Otherness -- Dialogue and Otherness -- Dialogue and Mission -- Conversion -- Between the Old and the New -- Wretched Christians and Good Pagans -- Big Fish -- 4 Religio and Superstitio -- The Boundaries of Religio -- Relocating the Boundaries -- Paganism becomes Superstitio -- Continuity and Change -- Paganism, superstitio and Magic -- 5 Ceremonies of Light and Dark -- Corrupt and Shameful Rituals -- Unclean Purificatory Rites -- Public versus Private -- Acts of Sacrifice -- Blood versus Spirit -- Pompa diaboli - Condemning Spectacles -- The Grey Area of Urban Festivals -- Redefining Content and Boundaries -- 6 Gods and Demons -- I: One and Many -- Ignobilis turba deorum - the Multitude of Gods -- Between Monotheism and Polytheism -- Shared Premises and Monotheistic Tendencies -- The Paradox of Monotheism -- II: Gods -- The Gods of the Civic Religion -- Deceased Humans -- Anthropomorphic Gods and Suffering Saviours -- The Depraved Gods -- Inadequate Gods and Empty Idols -- Signa and the Threat of Idols -- III: Demons -- From Gods to Demons -- There are only Evil Demons -- Divine Miracles and Demonic Magic.

Associates - Angels and Demons -- The Creator and the Creation -- One God, one Emperor, one Empire -- Bibliography -- Index -- Ancient Persons and Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- X -- Z -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y -- Z -- Modern Writers -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- F -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T.