Titre :	Late Antiquity : a very short introduction
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Gillian Clark, Auteur
Editeur :	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Année de publication :	c2011
Collection :	Very short introductions, 258.
Importance :	XVII, 128 p.
Présentation :	Illustrations
Format :	18 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-19-954620-6
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Index. décimale :	D 57
Résumé :	Late antiquity saw the barbarian invasions overrun the western Roman empire and Persian and Arab armies end Roman rule over the eastern and southern coasts of the Mediterranean. Was late antiquity therefore merely a time of decline? In this introduction, Gillian Clark sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation. Late Read more...
Note de contenu :	What and when is late antiquity? -- Running the empire -- Law and welfare -- Religion -- What shall we do to be saved? -- Barbarism -- Bronze elephants : classical and Christian culture -- Decisive change?

Late Antiquity : a very short introduction [texte imprimé] / Gillian Clark, Auteur . - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011 . - XVII, 128 p. : Illustrations ; 18 cm. - (Very short introductions, 258.) .
ISBN : 978-0-19-954620-6
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Index. décimale :	D 57
Résumé :	Late antiquity saw the barbarian invasions overrun the western Roman empire and Persian and Arab armies end Roman rule over the eastern and southern coasts of the Mediterranean. Was late antiquity therefore merely a time of decline? In this introduction, Gillian Clark sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation. Late Read more...
Note de contenu :	What and when is late antiquity? -- Running the empire -- Law and welfare -- Religion -- What shall we do to be saved? -- Barbarism -- Bronze elephants : classical and Christian culture -- Decisive change?