ISBN:
9780415144315
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (215 p)
Series Statement:
Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
Parallel Title:
Print version The City in Late Antiquity
DDC:
307
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Examines the changes undergone by Roman cities in the Late Roman empire and seeks to explain why urban life disappeared in some regions, while elsewhere cities survived through to the Middle Ages and beyond
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; The end of the ancient city WOLFGANG LIEBESCHUETZ; The survival and fall of the classical city in Late Roman Africa CLAUDE LEPELLEY; Christianity and the city in Late Roman Gaul JILL HARRIES; The use and abuse of urbanism in the Danubian provinces during the Later Roman Empire ANDREW POULTER; The end of the city in Roman Britain RICHARD REECE; 'The cities are not populated as once they were' PHILIP DIXON; Public buildings and urban change in northern Italy in the early mediaeval period CRISTINA LA ROCCA
Description / Table of Contents:
Antioch: from Byzantium to Islam and back again HUGH KENNEDYIndex
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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