Why Ancient Christians Destroyed Greek Statues

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In Late Antiquity, Christian leaders condemned paganism, sometimes leading to violent attacks on divine statues. What do these attacks teach us about Christianization of the Roman Empire?

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00:00 Setting up the topic
1:40 How did the Greeks and Romans view statues?
5:28 Idolatry and Cult Statues
7:30 Demonology
12:12 Selective Damage and Embodied Objects
14:07 Christian Triumphalism
20:24 Christianization: Syncretism vs. Antisyncretism

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