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The City in Late Antiquity (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society)

By John Rich

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0415144310, 9780415144315, 9780203130162
Open Library ID
OL22468491M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
822 kB (842166 bytes)
Edition
New edition
Pages
216\215
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The city was the nexus of the Roman Empire in its early centuries. The City in Late Antiquity charts the change undergone by cities as the Empire was weakened by the third-century crisis, and later disintegrated under external pressures. The old picture of the classical city as everywhere in decline by the fourth century is shown to be far too simple, and John Rich seeks to explain why urban life disappeared in some regions, while elsewhere cities survived through to the Middle Ages and beyond.

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