Main entry:

Liebeschuetz, J. H. W. G. (John Hugo Wolfgang Gideon)

Title & Author:

The decline and fall of the Roman city / J.H.W.G. Liebeschuetz.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Description:

xvii, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-462) and index.
The end of classical urban politics. The survival of cities -- Post curial civic government -- The rise of the bishop -- Civic finance in the late Roman cities of the east, with special reference to Egypt -- Shows and factions -- A society transformed. Transformation of Greek literary culture under the influence of Christianity -- Conflict and disorder in the east -- Decline and the beginnings of renewal in the east, including the eastern Balkans -- The transformation of literary culture in the west under the influence of Christianity -- The decline of classical citizenship and the rise of ethnic solidarity in the west -- Decline and beginnings of renewal in the west.

Summary:

This book examines what happened to the cities of the Roman world in the years when the Roman Empire disintegrated. It traces the end of classical political culture, the impact of Christianization, and a progressive simplification of life styles in the lands, both East and West, that had been the Roman Empire.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198152477
9780198152477
9780199261093
0199261091

Subject:

Cities and towns Rome.
Cities and towns.
Villes antiques Empire byzantin.
Rome History Empire, 284-476.
Byzantine Empire History.
Europe History 392-814.
Rome Histoire 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Empire byzantin Histoire.
Europe Histoire 392-814.
Byzantine Empire.
Europe.
Rome (Empire)
Byzantine Empire History To 711.
Europe, Western History 392-814.
Europe 392-814.
Rome (Italie) 476-1420.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218457
Call No.: DG70.A1 L5 2001
Status: Available