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Readings in late antiquity : a sourcebook / Michael Maas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maas, Michael, 1951-
- Series:
- Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world.
- Routledge sourcebooks for the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--To 527.
- History.
- History--527-1081.
- Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Sources.
- Rome.
- Byzantine Empire--Civilization--To 527--Sources.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Byzantine Empire--Civilization--527-1081--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (529 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Late Antiquity (ca. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new ""Germanic"" kingdoms. In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. Arab armies carrying the banner of Islam reshaped the political map and brought the late antique era to a close.This sourcebook illustrates the dramatic politica
- Contents:
- Cover; READINGS IN LATE ANTIQUITY: A Sourcebook; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION; INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHRONOLOGY; LATE ANTIQUE RULERS; PERMISSIONS; 1 THE ROMAN EMPIRE: RULER AND ADMINISTRATION; 2 CITIES; 3 THE ROMAN ARMY; 4 CHRISTIANITY; 5 POLYTHEISM; 6 JEWS; 7 WOMEN; 8 DOMESTIC LIFE; 9 LAW; 10 MEDICINE; 11 PHILOSOPHY; 12 SASANIAN PERSIA; 13 INVADERS AND SUCCESSOR STATES; 14 STEPPE PEOPLES AND SLAVS; 15 ISLAM; APPENDIX: LATE ANTIQUITY ON THE WEB; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-61703-5
- 1-283-54699-X
- 9786613859440
- 1-136-61704-3
- 0-203-54401-3
- 9780203544013
- OCLC:
- 829462021
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