Book Description
The first book of its kind, this richly informative
guide to the world of late antiquity offers the most recent
scholarship to the researcher along with sheer reading
pleasure to the browser. In eleven comprehensive essays and
in over 500 encyclopedic entries, an international cast of
experts provides essential information and fresh perspectives
on the history and culture of an era marked by the rise of
two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that
remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of
enduring glory.