Publication

2018 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780521766104
  • ISBN-100521766109
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018001757
  • OCLC Control Number1020306734
  • Better World Books9780521766104
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Classifications

  • LCCDG311.S55 2018
  • LCCDG311 .S55 2018

Description

Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from ca. 250 to 600 CE. Each of the six topical chapters highlights historical "everyday" people, along with spaces and objects, whose lives operate as windows into the late ancient economy, social relations, military service, religious systems, cultural habits, and the material environment. However, it is nevertheless grounded in late ancient primary sources--many of which are available in accessible English translations--and the most recent cutting-edge scholarship by specialists in fields such as archaeology, social history, religious studies, and environmental history. From Manichean rituals to military service, gladiatorial combat to garbage collection, patrician households to peasant families, Daily Life in Late Antiquity introduces readers to the world of Late Antiquity from the bottom up--back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Daily Life in Late AntiquityCambridge University Press2018-01-01

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