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A Few Remarks on the Ransom Paid for Releasing Captives in Selected Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts

Studia Ceranea, 2017
The article analyzes certain early Byzantine hagiographic texts concerning various forms of brigandage (both maritime and land-based). Two such accounts are studied in detail, one by Gerontius of Jerusalem and another by Theodoret of Cyrus. The instances
Ireneusz Milewski
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Deconstructing the symbolic city:Jerome as guide to late antique Rome [PDF]

, 2012
This article considers the writings of Saint Jerome as a source for writing a cultural history of the city of Rome in late antiquity. Jerome is of course, in many respects, an unreliable witness but his lively and often conflicted accounts of the city do
Grig, Lucy
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Late Antiquity and Early Islam [PDF]

Religious Inquiries, 2016
In this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and Near Eastern religion is attempted. Analyzing the city-state of Ḥaṭrā (Iraq, close to Kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-Islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the ...
Johannes Niehoff
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Late Antiquity

Phronesis, 2015
Late antique epigraphy differs in several respects from that of the High Empire, reflecting the changed political, economic, and cultural circumstances. This chapter focuses on the epigraphic habit of that fluctuating portion of the late antique world that remained Roman. Despite the emergence of inscriptions in additional languages, such as Syriac and
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Tyras in Late Antiquity

Archaeologia Polona
The article presents materials related to the existence of Tyras in the late Roman period. Based on the available data, it is assumed that there were two phases in the existence of the city in Late Antiquity.
Oleh Saveliev
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The Charm of Late Antiquity. Review of: Kreiner, J., & Reimitz, H. (Eds.). (2016). Motions of Late Antiquity: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in Honour of Peter Brown. Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, 20. Turnhout: Brepols. x + 353 p.

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2018
This review describes the conceptual and content parts of the collection of articles authored by English-speaking specialists in antiquity and the history of the early Middle Ages, analysing the peculiarities of development and functioning of certain ...
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kozlov
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The Problem of Borders of the Civilization of Late Antiquity. Review of: Testa, R. L. (Ed.). (2017). Late Antiquity in Contemporary Debate. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 280 p.

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2019
This review describes the concept and content of a collection of articles authored by Western specialists in antiquity and the history of the early Middle Ages analysing the peculiarities of development and functioning of mostly chronological and ...
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kozlov
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Edward Watts and modern research in Late Antiquity education [PDF]

Hypothekai, 2019
The article discusses the stages of the scientific biography of Edward J. Watts — one of the outstanding modern researchers of Late Antiquity. We also present a critical review of his first four books as well as an overall
Michael Vedeshkin
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Aziz al-Azmeh, The Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity: Allāh and His People

Al-'Usur al-Wusta, 2015
Aziz al-Azmeh aims his T h e Emergence of Islam in Late Antiquity at two of the most important questions concerning Middle Eastern history: how did the Muslim faith arise, and what was the role of the Arab people in the venture of Islam?
Peter Webb
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Edward J. Watts, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2021, 301 pp. [ISBN: 9780190076719]

Estudios Bizantinos, 2023
Reseña: de Edward J. Watts, The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Oxford, Oxford University Press 2021, 301 pp. [ISBN: 9780190076719]
Marco Alviz Fernández
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