Late Antiquity: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0199546207
- ISBN-13
- 9780199546206
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-24
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Gillian Clark
Description
Sheds light on the concept of late antiquity and the events of its time, showing that this was in fact a period of great transformation
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- 1999
- 780 pages
- Paperback
- Harvard University Press
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