European pagan


This includes information on the various varieties of European pagan religion. This includes Greek, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Norse, Slavic, and other varieties. These religions are no longer widely believed or practiced, and are generally considered dead. Nevertheless, they have been and to some extent remain important themes of Western arnd culture	Sapience Home Site map About Sapience Institutions Religion Religious Traditions Pagan religions

This includes information on the various varieties of European pagan religion. This includes Greek, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Norse, Slavic, and other varieties. These religions are no longer widely believed or practiced, and are generally considered dead. Nevertheless, they have been and to some extent remain important themes of Western arnd culture

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c 800 BC. Homer credited with composing the Illiad and the Odyssey.
c. 336-323 BC Alexander conquers Greece and Persian empire as far as India.
c. 58 - 44 BC Caesar becomes Roman conquerer of Gaul (approx modern France) , victor in civil war, and dictator.
c. 32 BC - 14 CE Augustus rules as first Roman Emperor.
c 313- 330 CE Constantine adopts Christianity as the state religion of the Roman empire, moves capital to Byzantium/Contantinople/Istanbul, and divides the Empire into Eastern and Western parts
c. 386 - 430 CE. Augustine converts to Christianity and writes his "Confessions" and "The City of God".


Specific connections to science, personal studies, anthropology, and culture will be explored as this site develops. This is connected to families, education, economics, government, and other areas of religion. Connections to sociology inluding social structure and change and communities. Comparative studies of various peoples of the world will also be explored. These can be compared in Asiatic peoples, Western civilization, African peoples, and American Indian peoples. Nations including the United States, China, India, and Indonesia can be connected.	Links to other sites: Not yet developed.
Ethe history of European paganism can be examined. It appears to have originated in prehistory, and it ws described somewhat in antiquity. It was better described in classical and medieval times. In early classical times it flourished and was recorded somewhat. In later classical times it began to be replaced by Christianity. In early medieval times, this process continued, and by late medieval times, there were only small remenants of it. In modern times, the remnants of European pagan belief continued to die out in the 16th and 17th centuries. Little if any of them survived the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as a iiving religion, though these continued to have cultural influence.

Specific connections to science, personal studies, anthropology, and culture will be explored as this site develops.

This is connected to families, education, economics, government, and other areas of religion.

Connections to sociology inluding social structure and change and communities. Comparative studies of various peoples of the world will also be explored. These can be compared in Asiatic peoples, Western civilization, African peoples, and American Indian peoples. Nations including the United States, China, India, and Indonesia can be connected.

Links to other sites: Not yet developed.

Ethe history of European paganism can be examined. It appears to have originated in prehistory, and it ws described somewhat in antiquity. It was better described in classical and medieval times. In early classical times it flourished and was recorded somewhat. In later classical times it began to be replaced by Christianity. In early medieval times, this process continued, and by late medieval times, there were only small remenants of it. In modern times, the remnants of European pagan belief continued to die out in the 16th and 17th centuries. Little if any of them survived the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries as a iiving religion, though these continued to have cultural influence.