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The Making of Late Antiquity

by Peter R.L. Brown · 1976

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Peter Brown presents a masterly history of Roman society in the second, third, and fourth centuries. Brown interprets the changes in social patterns and religious thought, breaking away from conventional modern images of the period.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
antiquityantiquityMore like thisLess of thisRomeRomeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 148 pages

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