Readings in Late Antiquity
Readings in Late Antiquity Late Antiquity (ca. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical…
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Readings in Late Antiquity
Late Antiquity (ca. Christianity displaced polytheism over a wide area, offering new definitions of identity and community. 250-650) witnessed the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds.
In the East, Byzantium emerged, while the Persian Empire reached its apogee and collapsed. The Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe to be replaced by new "Germanic" kingdoms. 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 political, social and religious transformations of Late Antiquity through the words of the men and women who experienced them.
Drawing from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Coptic, Persian, Arabic and Armenian sources, the carefully chosen passages illuminate the lives of emperors, abbesses, aristocrats,
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