As a number of studies have pointed out, the sin of Sodom was not always assumed to be related to homosexual relations; the development of this association began in Late Antiquity and developed throughout the middle ages. Augustine is usually seen as the first to paint an explicit connection between Sodom and…[Read more]

This paper discusses the use by late antique Christian historiographers of the classical topos of corrupting abundance. Roman historians had understood that excessive abundance in any society caused decadence and intemperance, which in turn led to moral and physical decline. I…[Read more]