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The Mediterranean World in Late

Antiquity AD 395–600

The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity AD 395–600 deals with the exciting

period commonly known as ‘late antiquity’ – the fifth and sixth centuries.

The Roman empire in the west was splitting into separate Germanic

kingdoms, while the Near East, still under Roman rule from Constantinople,

maintained a dense population and flourishing urban culture until the

Persian and Arab invasions of the early seventh century.

Averil Cameron places her emphasis on the material and literary evidence

for cultural change and offers a new and original challenge to traditional

assumptions of ‘decline and fall’ and ‘the end of antiquity’. The book

draws on the recent spate of scholarship on this period to discuss in detail

such controversial issues as the effectiveness of the late Roman army, the

late antique city and the nature of economic exchange and cultural life.

With its extensive annotation, it provides a lively, and often critical

introduction to earlier approaches to the period, from Edward Gibbon’s

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire to the present day.

No existing book in English provides so detailed or up-to-date an

introduction to the history of both halves of the empire in this crucial

period, or discusses existing views in such a challenging way. Averil Cameron

is a leading specialist on late antiquity, having written about the period

and taught it for many years. This book has much to say to historians of all

periods. It will be particularly welcomed by teachers and students of both

ancient and medieval history.

Averil Cameron is warden of Keble College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the

British Academy.

ROUTLEDGE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT

WORLD

General Editor: Fergus Millar

THE GREEK WORLD 479–323 BC

Simon Hornblower

THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN LATE ANTIQUITY AD 395–600

Averil Cameron

THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST VOLUMES I AND II

Amélie Kuhrt

THE BEGINNINGS OF ROME

ITALY FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE PUNIC WARS

( c. 1000–264 BC )

Tim Cornell

The Mediterranean World in

Late Antiquity AD 395–600

Averil Cameron

London and New York

F irst published 1993

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001.

utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now

known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any

information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the

publishers.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Cameron, Averil.

The Mediterranean world in late antiquity AD 395–600 / by Averil Cameron.

p. cm. – (Routledge history of the ancient world)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mediterranean Region–Civilization. 2. Romans–Mediterranean Region.

I. Title. II. Series.

DE71.C25 1993

909'.09822–dc20 92–34600

ISBN 0–415–01421–2 (Print Edition)

ISBN 0-203-13420-6 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-17723-1 (Glassbook Format)

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