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Bryn Mawr Classical Review 94.03.19 (2690 words) |
 | Bagnall's thorough papyrological and epigraphical documentation of this period, deftly deployed at every page to criticize prior views or assemble a basis for historical generalization, can be credited partly to the existence of a computer database of fourth-century documents that he set up in the mid-1980's with NEH support. |
| Bagnall observes a profound decline in village organization during the fourth century, due largely to the decline of the native temples. |
| Bagnall justifies this monolithic picture of fourth-century Christianity on two grounds: that such diversity as the literary texts demonstrate is not reflected in the papyri, and that ideological diversity did not matter anyway to most of those claiming Christian identity. |
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