The end of the pagan city : religion, economy, and urbanism in late antique North Africa / Anna Leon...
The end of the pagan city : religion, economy, and urbanism in late antique North Africa / Anna Leon...
The end of the pagan city : religion, economy, and urbanism in late antique North Africa / Anna Leone.
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G 2014/1507
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
List of illustrations. Paganism and Christianity in Late Antique North Africa ; The Fate of Pagan Religious Architecture: Was there a Conversion from the Temple to the Church? ; Pagan Continuity and Christian Attitudes: When did Paganism End? ; The Fate of Statues: Legacy of the Past or Economic Cas...
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Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book focuses primarily on the end of the pagan religious tradition and the dismantling of its material in North Africa (modern Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) from the 4th to the 6th centuries AD. Leone considers how urban communities changed, why some traditions were lost and some others continued, and whether these carried the same value and m...
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Full title
The end of the pagan city : religion, economy, and urbanism in late antique North Africa / Anna Leone.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-313) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/1507
Record Identifier
74VKMXmX5dGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKMXmX5dGA
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ISBN
0199570922 (hbk.)
9780199570928 (hbk.)
DDC
307.76096109015
MMS ID
991021241239702626
