Ebook: A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity

Part I. The "vanishing" of Rome -- Who and what is late antiquity? -- When is late antiquity? -- How do we do late antique history? -- Part II. Late antiquity appears -- Power -- Worship -- Social change -- Law and politics -- Urban life -- Community -- Economy -- The household and family -- Ideas and literary culture -- Part III. The illusion of Mediterranean history -- Geography and society -- A choice of directions.