Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Readings in Late Antiquity Provides students with a multiplicity of texts which illuminate the history, culture, medicine, philosophy, religion and peoples of Late Antiquity. It is an invaluable sourcebook for students and teachers of Late Antiquity.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 10 February 2000
- Format: Paperback 444 pages
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- Categories: Cultural Studies | Medical | General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Early History: C 500 To C 1450/1500 | Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780415159883 ISBN 10: 0415159881
- Sales rank: 846,712
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Full description for Readings in Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity, the period stretching roughly from the restructuring of the Roman empire in the late third century AD to the rise of Islam in the seventh, witnessed the transformation of the ancient Mediterranean and near eastern worlds. This book illustrates the dramatic political, social and religious changes of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them. This collection draws from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, some translated into English for the first time. The Roman empire is kept at the centre of discussion, with chapters devoted to government, society, army, law, medicine, philosophy, Christianity, polytheism and Jews. Other chapters deal with the societies that surrounded the Roman state: Persia, Huns, Germanic invaders who established new states in the West and Islam. The carefully selected sources present a comprehensive insight into the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats, slaves, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, historians and saints who left a vivid record of their experiences.
