Late antiquity

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Political history

Gallic Empire Arcadius Honorius Odoacer Theoderic the Great

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Definition and historiography

Alois Riegl Peter Brown The World of Late Antiquity Edward Gibbon Richard Southern

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Main events

Tetrarchy Parthian Roman–Sasanian Wars Edict of Milan Christianization of the Roman Empire

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Cities

Mediterranean basin Domus Basilica Souk Roman Britain

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Location: Mediterranean
Key events: Crisis of the Third Century Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy Fall of the Western Roman Empire Vandalic War Gothic War Byzantine–Sasanian wars Early Muslim conquests Byzantine–Lombard…

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Society and economy

Fiscal Fiscal policy
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Cities

Mediterranean basin
Domus
Basilica
Souk
Roman Britain
Dark earth
Aqueducts Roman aqueducts
Gothic War Gothic War (535–554)
Greek East
Balkans
Egypt Egypt (Roman province)
Carthage Praetorian prefecture of Africa
Asia Minor
Antioch
Alexandria
Cairo
Illyricum Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum
Justiniana Prima
Archbishopric of Justiniana Prima
Avars Pannonian Avars
Mausoleo di Augusto
Sparta History of Sparta
Argos Ancient Argos
Corinth Ancient Corinth
Acrocorinth
Roman roads Roman road
Rocca Rocca (architecture)
Acropolis
Visigothic Visigoth
Reccopolis

Religion and philosophy

Council of Nicaea in 325 Council of Nicaea (325)
Spread of Christianity
Monasticism
Rabbinic literature

Law, administration, and institutions

Theodosian Code

Literature, languages, and education

Quran

Bibliography

Al-Jallad, Ahmad Ahmad Al-Jallad
Bagnall, Roger S. Roger S. Bagnall
Bowersock, G. W. Glen Bowersock
ISBN ISBN (identifier)
Kohlhammer Verlag
Cameron, Averil Averil Cameron
Daryaee, Touraj Touraj Daryaee
Donner, Fred M. Fred Donner
Frankfurter, David David Frankfurter
Haldon, John John Haldon
Halsall, Guy Guy Halsall
Heather, Peter Peter Heather
Honore, Tony Tony Honoré
Howard-Johnston, James James Howard-Johnston
Hoyland, Robert G. Robert G. Hoyland
Kitzinger, Ernst Ernst Kitzinger
Faber & Faber
Dominic Montserrat
Mitchell, Stephen Stephen Mitchell (historian)
Pohl, Walter Walter Pohl
Reynolds, Gabriel Said Gabriel Said Reynolds
Sarris, Peter Peter Sarris
Schwartz, Seth Seth Schwartz
Ward-Perkins, Bryan Bryan Ward-Perkins
Wickham, Chris Chris Wickham
Wood, Ian Ian N. Wood

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Late antiquity

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related to Bibliography · 446

Late antiquity → AD, Adulis, Age, Agrarian Change, Ahmad, Aksūm, Al-Jallad, Alexander, An, Ancient Christianity, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Rome, Anderson, Andrea, Antioch, Antiquity, Approaching Late Antiquity, Arabia, Arabia Deserta, Arabian Archaeology

related to Geographical scope · 47

Late antiquity → Africa, Aksum, Albanian Christian, Arabia, Arabian, Arabian Peninsula, Arabic, Armenia, Armenian, Babylonia, Caucasus, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Egypt, Ethiopia, For, Georgian, Horn, Iran

related to Aksum, the Red Sea, and Arabia · 31

Late antiquity → Africa, Aksum, Aksumite, Aksumites, Al-Hira, Arab, Arabian, Christian, Christians, Ethiopia, Himyar, Himyarite, Horn, In, Islamic, Kingdom, Lakhmids, Mediterranean, Miaphysite Christianity, Najran

related to The end of the old imperial balance · 30

Late antiquity → Arabic, Aramaic, Avar, Balkans, Bosporus, Both, Byzantine-Sasanian, Caucasus, Coptic, Egypt, Greek, Hebrew, Heraclius, Iran, Khusro II, Mesopotamia, Middle Persian, Muslim, Palestine, Persian

related to Chronological range · 29

Late antiquity → At, Burgundian, Christian, Christianity, Constantine, Constantinople, Council, Cyprian, Diocletian, Dozens, East, Eastern Roman Empire, Frankish, Gothic, Great, Many, Nicaea, Pax Romana, Plague, Roman Empire

related to Roman-Sasanian war · 26

Late antiquity → Amida, Arab, Armenia, Armenian, Caucasian, Caucasus, Cities, Ctesiphon, Dara, Edessa, Eternal Peace, Iran, Justinian's, Kavadh, Khusro, Lazica, Martyropolis, Mesopotamia, Nisibis, Periods

related to The Sasanian Empire · 26

Late antiquity → Ardashir, Armenia, Arsacid Parthian, Caucasus, Christians, Ctesiphon, Eranshahr, Euphrates, Founded, Iranian, It, Its, Jews, Manichaeans, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Roman, Roman Empire, Rome, Sasanian

related to Western Europe and the post-Roman kingdoms · 25

Late antiquity → Arab, Britain, Burgundian, Byzantine, Catholic Visigothic, Christian, Christianity, Europe, Frankish, Gaul, In, Italy, Justinian's, Latin, Lombard, Middle Ages, North Africa, Odoacer, Ostrogoths, Roman

related to External links · 23

Late antiquity → Art, Catholic, Christian, Church, Classical World, Classics, Early Fathers, English, Internet Medieval SourcebookWorlds, Late Antiquity Archived, Mediterranean, New Advent, ORB Encyclopedia's, ORBOverview, ORBPrinceton/Stanford Working Papers, PennsylvaniaAge, Princeton, Stanford, The End, The Fathers

related to Religious change · 23

Late antiquity → Arabia, At, Bishops, Christianity, Different, Iran, Islam, Judaism, Manichaean, Manichaeism, Mediterranean, Muslim, Near East, North Africa, Religion, Religious, Roman, Roman Empire, Sasanian, The

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late roman antiquity empire imperial sasanian religious antique political christian century press university local also eastern western cities rome communities

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Late antiquity	Key events	Crisis of the Third Century Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy Fall of the Western Roman Empire Vandalic War Gothic War Byzantine–Sasanian wars Early Muslim conquests Byzantine–Lombard…	1.00	infobox
Late antiquity	Location	Mediterranean	1.00	infobox
Late antiquity	is a	period of Eurasian	0.90	text
Goth	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
Frank	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
Vandal	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
and Lombard were politically powerful	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
but their meanings changed as groups recruited followers	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
settled	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
converted	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
intermarried	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text
and governed Roman provincial populations.The western kingdoms also preserved	instance of	Ethnic labels	0.80	text

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