Rome in Late Antiquity Everyday Life and Urban Change, AD 312-609

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Rome in Late Antiquity examines the city's radical transformation from the capital of the classical Roman empire to the center of medieval Christendom. Between the early fourth and early sixth century, Rome faced the ordeals of destruction and the impoverishment of its population, while churches came to dominate where once there had been pagan temples and imperial monuments. Bertrand Lançon's evocative depictions of everyday life for inhabitants, popes, and aristocrats capture the vitality of th...Vis mer