Description
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 vibrant and compact 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 antiquity saw Roman law codified, Christian creeds formulated, the Talmud compiled, and the Qur'an composed. If the Goths sacked the city of Rome, the Vandals
built churches in Africa and Attila the Hun received an embassy from Constantinople. Anthony of Egypt and Simeon Stylites offered spectacular new models of holiness, while Augustine and Basil and Benedict devised rules for monastic communities. Late antique artists produced the mosaics of Ravenna
and the first dome of Hagia Sophia. And it was also the period when emperors Diocletian in the third century and Justinian in the sixth enacted extensive and much-needed reforms of government.
Author: Gillian Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/22/2011
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780199546206
ISBN10: 0199546207
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- History | Civilization
- History | Essays
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 antiquity saw Roman law codified, Christian creeds formulated, the Talmud compiled, and the Qur'an composed. If the Goths sacked the city of Rome, the Vandals
built churches in Africa and Attila the Hun received an embassy from Constantinople. Anthony of Egypt and Simeon Stylites offered spectacular new models of holiness, while Augustine and Basil and Benedict devised rules for monastic communities. Late antique artists produced the mosaics of Ravenna
and the first dome of Hagia Sophia. And it was also the period when emperors Diocletian in the third century and Justinian in the sixth enacted extensive and much-needed reforms of government.
Author: Gillian Clark
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/22/2011
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780199546206
ISBN10: 0199546207
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- History | Civilization
- History | Essays
About the Author
Gillian Clark is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol.