Daily Life in Late Antiquity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521766104)

Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250-600 CE. Each of the six topical chapters highlight historical 'everyday' people, spaces, and objects, whose lives operate as windows into the late ancient economy, social relations, military service, religious systems, cultural habits, and the material environment. However, it is nevertheless grounded in late ancient primary sources - many of which are available in accessible English translations - and the most recent, cutting-edge scholarship by specialists in fields such as archaeology, social history, religious studies, and environmental history. From Manichean rituals to military service, gladiatorial combat to garbage collection, patrician households to peasant families, Daily Life in Late Antiquity introduces readers to the world of late antiquity from the bottom up.

Author: Kristina Sessa
ISBN-10: 0521766109
ISBN-13: 9780521766104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2018
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.39w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2019