The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Volumes I & 2

by: Nicholson, O.

The first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD
Consisting of two volumes and more than one million words in 5,000 A-Z entries, written by more than 400 contributors
Multi-disciplinary, providing information on such diverse fields as political history, law, and administration; military history; religion and philosophy; education; social and economic history; material culture; art and architecture; trade and technology; the natural world; science; literature; and music
Drawing heavily on the latest scholarship, written by a formidable international team of advisers and contributors, and edited with both flair and attention to detail by Professor Oliver Nicholson

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive reference book covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity. This period saw the re-establishment of the Roman Empire, its conversion to Christianity and its replacement in the West by Germanic kingdoms, the continuing Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Persian Sassanian Empire, and the rise of Islam.

Consisting of over 1.5 million words in more than 5,000 A-Z entries, and written by more than 400 contributors, it is the long-awaited middle volume of a series, bridging a significant period of history between those covered by the acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary and The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages.

The scope of the Dictionary is broad and multi-disciplinary; across the wide geographical span covered (from Western Europe and the Mediterranean as far as the Near East and Central Asia), it provides succinct and pertinent information on political history, law, and administration; military history; religion and philosophy; education; social and economic history; material culture; art and architecture; science; literature; and many other areas.

Drawing on the latest scholarship, and with a formidable international team of advisers and contributors, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity aims to establish itself as the essential reference companion to a period that is attracting increasing attention from scholars and students worldwide.

Preliminary matter
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Area Advisors/Area Editors
List of Contributors
List of Contributor Initials
General Abbreviations
Bibliographic Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
A-Z main text
Endmatter
Late Antique Rulers
Principal Roman Emperors and Usurpers
Barbarian Kings
Shahanshahs of the Sasanian Dynasty
Rightly-Guided and 'Umayyad Caliphs
Occupants of the Five Great Patriarchal Sees
See of Alexandria
See of Antioch
See of Constantinople
See of Jerusalem
See of Rome

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Volumes I & 2

by: Nicholson, O.

• ISBN-13: 9780198662778 / 978-0-19-866277-8
• ISBN-03: 0198662777 / 0-19-866277-7
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018