This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, w covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman empire. Leading scholar Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean society as a whole before the Arab conquests. Two new chapters survey the situation in the east after the death of Justinian and cover the Byzantine wars with Persia, religious developments in the eastern Mediterranean during the life of Muhammad, the reign of Heraclius, the Arab conquests and the establishment of the Umayyad caliphate. Using the latest in-depth archaeological evidence, this all-round historical and thematic study of the west and the eastern empire has become the standard work on the period. The new edition takes account of recent research on topics such as the barbarian 'invasions', periodization, and questions of decline or continuity, as well as the current interest in church councils, orthodoxy and heresy and the separation of the miaphysite church in the sixth-century east. It contains a new introductory survey of recent scholarship on the fourth century AD, and has a full bibliography and extensive tes with suggestions for further reading. The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity 395-700 AD continues to be the benchmark for publications on the history of Late Antiquity and is indispensible to anyone studying the period.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-10
0415579619
ISBN-13
9780415579612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178050910
Product Key Features
Author
Averil Cameron
Format
B-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Ancient History
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
544g
Height
234mm
Width
156mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
15mm
Series Title
The Routledge History of the Ancient World
Content Note
23 Black & White Halftones, 6 Black & White Line Drawings
Author Biography
Averil Cameron was until recently Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at the University of Oxford and Warden of Keble College Oxford.