The city in the classical and post-classical world : changing contexts of power and identity / edited by Claudia Rapp, H.A. Drake

• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014
• Bliain Foilsithe: 2014
• Eagrán: First published
• Teanga: English
• Classification: 15.27 - Griechische Welt; 15.28 - Römisches Reich; 15.29 - Byzantinisches Reich
• Cur Síos Fisiciúil: xiii, 265 Seiten; Illustrationen
• Nótaí: Literaturangaben

"This volume examines the evolving role of the city and citizenship from classical Athens through fifth-century Rome and medieval Byzantium. Beginning in the first century CE, the universal claims of Hellenistic and Roman imperialism began to be challenged by the growing role of Christianity in...