Economic Change And The Transition To Late Antiquity / Richard Duncan-jones -- A New Golden Age? The Northern Praefectura Urbi From The Severans To Diocletian / Emanuele Papi -- Transition And Change In Diocletian's Egypt: Province And Empire In The Late Third Century / Colin Adams -- Roman Law Ad 200-400: From Cosmopolis To Rechtstaat? / Tony Honoré -- Roman Citizenship And Roman Law In The Late Empire / Peter Garnsey -- Emperors And Armies, Ad 235-395 / Michael Whitby -- Romanitas And The Church Of Rome / Mark Edwards -- Pagan And Christian Monotheism In The Age Of Constantine / Mark Edwards -- The Transformation Of Imperial Churchgoing In The Fourth Century / Neil Mclynn -- Late Anique Art: The Problem Of The Concept And The Cumulative Aesthetic / Jaś Elsner -- Painted Hellenes: Mummy Portraits From Late Roman Egypt / Susan Walker -- Poetry And Literary Culture In Late Antiquity / Alan Cameron -- Sophists And Emperors: The Case Of Libanius / Simon Swain -- Philosophy As A Profession In Late Antiquity / John Dillon. Edited By Simon Swain And Mark Edwards. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [419]-466) And Index.

Swain, Simon; Edwards, M. J. (Mark J.)

Simon Swain; Mark J. Edwards

Mark Edwards; Simon Swain

Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Oxford, New York, England, 2004

OXFORD, Unknown

April 15, 2004

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-466) and index.

What factors already present in the society of the High Roman Empire developed and expanded into the world of Late Antiquity? What was distinct in this period from what went before? The answers to these complex and fascinating questions embrace the fields of cultural history, politics, ideas, art, philosophy, pagan religion, Christian church, Greek and Latin literature, the army, the law, the provinces, settlement, and the economy. Approaching Late Antiquity is an illustrated collection of fifteen original essays on the later Roman world. [publisher]

Featuring a collection of fifteen essays on the later Roman world written by a internationally known scholars, this book focuses on the two centuries from AD 200 to 400. It aims to challenge orthodoxies, give comprehensive coverage, and discuss the general issues and problems through major examples

xiii, 487 p., [4] p. of plates : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-466) and index

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