{"product_id":"the-oxford-dictionary-of-late-antiquity-1st-ed","title":"The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (1ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD. This broad and multi-disciplinary text consists of over 5,000 entries written by nearly 500 contributors and provides succinct and pertinent information on a range of subject areas--from political, military, social, and economic history to religion, art, science, and literature, among many other topics.\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePreliminary matter\u003c\/strong\u003eDedicationPrefaceAcknowledgementsContentsList of Area Advisors\/Area EditorsList of ContributorsList of Contributor InitialsGeneral AbbreviationsBibliographic AbbreviationsNote to the Reader \n\u003cstrong\u003eA-Z main text\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEndmatter\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLate Antique Rulers\u003c\/strong\u003ePrincipal Roman Emperors and UsurpersBarbarian KingsShahanshahs of the Sasanian DynastyRightly-Guided and 'Umayyad Caliphs \n\u003cstrong\u003eOccupants of the Five Great Patriarchal Sees\u003c\/strong\u003eSee of AlexandriaSee of AntiochSee of ConstantinopleSee of JerusalemSee of Rome\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOliver Nicholson was an Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota and taught courses on post-classical Latin authors as well as a sequence of undergraduate courses on the Age of Constantine the Great, of Saint Augustine of Hippo, and of Justinian and Muhammad, for which he has won a few teaching awards. From 1995--2000 he was the Director of the Center for Mediaeval Studies. He has published widely, especially on Lactantius and the Age of Constantine the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity. This period saw the re-establishment of the Roman Empire, its conversion to Christianity and its replacement in the West by Germanic kingdoms, the continuing Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Persian Sassanian Empire, and the rise of Islam. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsisting of more than one million words in more than 5,000 A-Z entries, and written by more than 400 contributors, it is the long-awaited middle volume of a series, bridging a significant period of history between those covered by the acclaimed \n\u003cem\u003eOxford Classical Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e and \n\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe scope of the Dictionary is broad and multi-disciplinary; across the wide geographical span covered (from Western Europe and the Mediterranean as far as the Near East and Central Asia), it provides succinct and pertinent information on political history, law, and administration; military history; religion and philosophy; education; social and economic history; material culture; art and architecture; science; literature; and many other areas. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the latest scholarship, and with a formidable international team of advisers and contributors, The \n\u003cem\u003eOxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity\u003c\/em\u003e aims to establish itself as the essential reference companion to a period that is attracting increasing attention from scholars and students worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448883265667,"sku":"9780198662778","price":372.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780198662778.jpg?v=1783318841","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/the-oxford-dictionary-of-late-antiquity-1st-ed","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}