Decline and fall of the Roman city / J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G. (John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Rome.

Cities and towns.

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Byzantine Empire--History.

Byzantine Empire.

Europe--History--392-814.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xvii, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book examines what happened to the cities of the Roman world in the years when the Roman Empire disintegrated. It traces the end of classical political culture, the impact of Christianization, and a progressive simplification of life styles in the lands, both East and West, that had been the Roman Empire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [417]-462) and index.

ISBN:

0198152477

OCLC:

44720517