Archaeology

ISBN: 9781905125500
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691152905
Published by : Princeton University Press
Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. "Through the Eye of a Needl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094532
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
In the past four decades since the field of late antique studies began to gather real momentum, scholars have debated the place of early Islam within the late antique world, particularly in relation to the issue of where and when 'Late Antiquit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780974833422
Published by : Institute of Classical Archaeology
This is a unique trilingual (Russian, Ukrainian, English) publication, in which are brought together for the first time 500 of the most interesting finds from the excavations of the northernmostoutpost of the Byzantine Empire, Cherson, today h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780974187358
Published by : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Series: Kelsey Museum Publications

The city was the fundamental social institution of Greek and Roman culture. More than the sack of Rome, the abandonment of provincial towns throughout the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries A.D.) marks the begi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503532431
Published by : Brepols
Series: ENCYCLOPAEDIC PROSOPOGRAPHICAL LEXICON OF BYZANTINE HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION
Volume: 3
The Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization (EPLBHC) is a multivolume encyclopaedic lexicon aiming to cover the whole of Byzantine prosopography for the period c. 300 to c. 1500 CE by an estimated 7000 e... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780715636688
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
This study seeks to re-evaluate the role of 'pagan' poetry in late antiquity.Instead of maintaining a strict dichotomy between 'pagan' and 'Christian', it presents a broader definition of these poets as active participants and collaborators in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780340759660
Published by : Bloomsbury
The so-called fall of the Roman Empire continues to excite considerable controversy, and a high volume of publications. Neil Christies book stands out for both its focused concision and its interest in using archaeological material as a correct... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004182714
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique portrait ... .... Learn More