Late antiquity
Subtitle: a guide to the postclassical world
By: G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, Oleg Grabar, editors.
Contributors: Bowersock, G. W. 1936-; Brown, Peter Robert Lamont.; Grabar, Oleg.
Series: Harvard University Press reference library
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 780
Subjects: Classical dictionaries
Description: "In eleven in-depth essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries, an international cast of experts provides essential information and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of an era marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of enduring glory."--BOOK JACKET.

"By extending the commonly accepted chronological and territorial boundaries of the period - to encompass Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian, and early Islamic cultures, from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth - this guide makes new connections and permits revealing comparisons."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.