内容简介
WithVolume14TheCambridgeAncientHistoryconcludesitsstory.ThislatestvolumeembracesthewiderangeofapproachesandscholarshipwhichhaveinrecentdecadestransformedourviewofLateAntiquity.Inparticular,traditionalpoliticalandsocialhistoryhasbeenenormouslyenhancedbyintegratingtherichevidenceofChristianwriting,andtheconstantlyexpandingresultsofarchaeologicalresearch.Apictureemergesofaperiodofconsiderablemilitaryandpoliticaldisruption,butalsoofvibrantintellectualandculturalactivity.Thevolumebeginswithaseriesofnarrativechapters.Thesearefollowedbysectionsongovernmentandinstitutions,economyandsociety,andreligionandculture.Asectionontheprovincesandthenon-Romanworldmarkstheriseofnewanddistinctpoliticalandculturalentities.Thisvolume,andtheCAH,endsinaroundAD600,beforetheArabconquestsshatteredforeverwhatremainedoftheunityoftheRomanworld.