Ostia in Late Antiquity. - BOIN, D.,
KORTE INHOUD
'When the second edition of Russell Meiggs? Roman Ostia appeared in 1973, The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown had been out for just two years. It is thus unsurprising that the post-Severan phases of Ostia did not command as much attention from Meiggs as did the republican and early imperial remains of the city. It is equally understandable that Meiggs? study was not shaped by that cluster of interests centering on identity formation (especially Christian identity formation) that has marked the study of Late Antiquity. The appearance, forty years after Meiggs? magisterial work, of Douglas Boin?s 'Ostia in Late Antiquity' is thus a very welcome development and begins to fill an important gap in the study of ancient Ostia. Boin skillfully weaves together material and textual evidence to show theories that Ostia experienced 'decline' or rapid Christianization in the third and fourth centuries are generally unfounded. (...) 'Ostia in Late Antiquity' will certainly be valuable to students and scholars for it...
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2013Uitgever: Cambridge University Press308 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107024013ISBN-13: 9781107024014Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (...), 2013. XIX,287p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Hard bound. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BOIN, D.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Ostia in Late Antiquity.]
