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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
J H W G Liebeschuetz |
| ISBN: | 0198152477 9780198152477 |
| OCLC Number: | 44720517 |
| Description: | xvii, 479 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The end of classical urban politics. The survival of cities -- Post curial civic government -- The rise of the bishop -- Civic finance in the late Roman cities of the east, with special reference to Egypt -- Shows and factions -- A society transformed. Transformation of Greek literary culture under the influence of Christianity -- Conflict and disorder in the east -- Decline and the beginnings of renewal in the east, including the eastern Balkans -- The transformation of literary culture in the west under the influence of Christianity -- The decline of classical citizenship and the rise of ethnic solidarity in the west -- Decline and beginnings of renewal in the west. |
| Responsibility: | J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz. |
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It is a measure of the importance of this work that it should drive historians of urbanism to examine once more their understanding of the Roman city and develop new approaches to explain the undoubted 'transformations' in the urban systems of the Early Byzantine world. Journal of Roman Studies With impressive energy and abundant evidence, Liebeschuetz defends previously slaughtered sacred cows. Journal of Roman Studies This incisive study examines the Empire's decline from the ground up and gives new perspectives and understanding to one of the greatest changes in European and Middle Eastern history. Contemporary Review Deliberately wide-ranging, and comparative, approach. Susan E. Alcock, Times Literary Supplement Read more...
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- Cities and towns -- Rome.
- Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
- Byzantine Empire -- History.
- Europe -- History -- 392-814.
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- 476-1420.
- Villes antiques -- Empire byzantin.
- Europe -- 392-814.
- Rome (Italie) -- 476-1420.
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