The Oxford dictionary of Late Antiquity /
The 'Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity' is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Summary: | The 'Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity' is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity. This period saw the re-establishment of the Roman Empire, its conversion to Christianity and its replacement in the West by Germanic kingdoms, the continuing Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Persian Sassanian Empire, and the rise of Islam. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (lxxxiii, 1637 pages) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (volume 1, pages xliii-lxxx). |
| ISBN: | 9780198662778 0198662777 9780198816249 0198816243 9780198816256 0198816251 |