A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity

Illustrations x

Boxed Texts xii

Preface: The Magic of History xv

Acknowledgments xix

Annotated List of Abbreviations and a Note on Citations from Secondary Literature xxi

Timeline xxv

Map: The Late Antique World At-A-Glance xxviii

Part I The “Vanishing” of Rome 1

1 Who and What Is Late Antiquity? 3

1.1 An Overview of the Book 4

History from the ground?]up, all the way to the top 4

A top?]down view...