Cities and the Meanings of Late Antiquity

by Mark Humphries

The last half century has seen an explosion in the study of late antiquity, which has characterised the period between the third and seventh centuries not as one of catastrophic collapse and 'decline and fall', but rather as one of dynamic and positive transformation. Yet research on cities in this period has provoked challenges to this positive picture of late antiquity. This study surveys the nature of this debate, examining problems associated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004422609
• ISBN13: 9789004422605
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"