, Rev. Arthur Cushman, Ph.D. (Translator) NPNF2-01. Eusebius Pamphilius: Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine quote: "he razed to their foundations those of them which had been the chief objects of superstitious reverence"
- Kirsch, J. (2004) God against the Gods, pp. 200-1, Viking Compass
- "The Codex Theodosianus On Religion," XVI.x.4, 4 CE
- Sheridan, J.J. (1966) The Altar of Victor – Paganism's Last Battle. in L'Antiquite Classique 35 : 186-187.
- Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.4.3
- Sozomen Ecclesiastical History 3.18.
- Theodosian Code 16.10.3
- Theodosian Code 9.17.2
- Byfield (2003) pp. 92-4 quote:
In the west, such [anti-Pagan] tendencies were less pronounced, although they had one especially powerful advocate. No one was more determined to destroy paganism than Ambrose, bishop of Milan, a major influence upon both Gratian and Valentinian II. [...] p. 94 The man who ruled the ruler - Wether Ambrose, the senator-bureaucrat-turned-bishop, was Theodosius's mentor or his autocrat, the emperor heeded him--as did most of the fourth-century church.
- MacMullen (1984) p. 100 quote:
The law of June 391, issued by Theodosius [...] was issued from Milan and represented the will of its bishop, Ambrose; for Theodosius--recently excommunicated by Ambrose, penitent, and very much under his influence43--was no natural zealot. Ambrose, on the other hand, was very much a Christian. His restless and imperious ambition for the church's growth, come what might for the non-Christians, is suggested by his preaching.
- King (1961) p.78
- Gerberding, R. and J. H. Moran Cruz, Medieval Worlds (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004) p. 28.
- Peter Brown, The Rise of Christendom 2nd edition (Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2003) p. 60.
- Theodosian Code 16.10.6
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1914) Flavius Julius Constantius
- Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 9.10, 19.12. quote summary: Ammianus describes Pagan sacrifices and worship taking place openly in Alexandria and Rome. The Roman Calendar of 354 cites many Pagan festivals as though they were still being openly observed. See also the descriptions of Pagan worship in the following works: Firmicius Maternus De Errore Profanorum Religionum; Vetus Orbis Descriptio Graeci Scriptoris sub Constantio.
- Bowder, D. (1978) The Age of Constantine and Julian
- C. G. Herbermann & Georg Grupp, "Constantine the Great," Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911, New Advent web site.
- Roldanus (2006) p.148
- Hellemo (1989) p.254
- "Gratian," Catholic Encyclopedia, 1909
- "Letter of Gratian to Ambrose," The Letters of Ambrose Bishop of Milan, 379 AD.
- Theodosian Code 2.8.18-2.8.25, 16.7.1-16.7.5
- Sheridan, J.J., "The Altar of Victory – Paganism's Last Battle." L'Antiquite Classique 35 (1966): 187.
- Ambrose Epistles 17-18; Symmachus Relationes 1-3.
- Theodosian Code 16.10.20; Symmachus Relationes 1-3; Ambrose Epistles 17-18.
- Ambrose Epistles 17, 18, 57.
- Theodosian Code 16.10.10
- Theodosian Code 16.10.11
- Routery, Michael (1997) The First Missionary War. The Church take over of the Roman Empire, Ch. 4, The Serapeum of Alexandria
- Zosimus 4.59
- Symmachus Relatio 3.
- Grindle, Gilbert (1892) The Destruction of Paganism in the Roman Empire, pp.29-30. Quote summary: For example, Theodosius ordered Cynegius (Zosimus 4.37), the praetorian prefect of the East, to permanently close down the temples and forbade the worship of the deities throughout Egypt and the East. Most of the destruction was perpetrated by Christian monks and bishops.
- Life of St. Martin
- Gibbon, Edward The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch28
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1912) article on Theophilus, New Advent Web Site.
- Ramsay McMullan (1984) Christianizing the Roman Empire A.D. 100–400, Yale University Press, p.90.
- Kotynski, p.3. For more information about the question of this date, see Kotynski.
- Theodosian Code 2.8.22
- Theodosian Code 16.10.13
- Theodosian Code 16.10.14
- Theodosian Code 16.10.16, 15.1.36
- Theodosian Code 15.6.1, 15.6.2
- Gibbon, Edward The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ch28,