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The City in Late Antiquity (Paperback, Revised)
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The City in Late Antiquity (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
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The Roman Empire in its early centuries was a world of cities,
dominated by landowning elites and conforming to a common pattern
in their institutions, buildings and culture. What became of the
cities after the crisis of the 3rd century, and later when the
Empire collapsed under outside pressure? In this volume
archaeologists and historians bring together their two disciplines
in addressing this complex question. In the introductory chapter
the problem is discussed as a whole, while the remaining chapters
focus on particular aspects and regions. The classical city has
often been portrayed as in decline everywhere by the 4th century.
This book shows that this picture is too simple - that in some
regions, such as Africa, old customs were still vigorous while
elsewhere, for example in Britain, urban life disappeared and the
cities survived only as fortresses, if at all. Particular attention
is paid to the impact of the Christianization of the Empire on
cities.
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