‘The free and natural forms of the early Empire, the multiplicity and variation of life under a decentralised administration, was replaced by homogeneity and uniformity under an ever-present and increasingly more centralised hierarchy of civil officials.’
The imbalance (triumph) of order over chaos
This is the social biom in which chritianity took root, considitioning its growth from a possible cult, that drew/draws comparison with Dionesian cults, into the modern monolith the controlled the existance of its adherants for a 1000 years. I.e. Even its choice of structures reflect the political rather than the religions controls of latter Rome
