The Making of Late Antiquity (Carl Newell Jackson Lectures)

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. jason T. Larson - Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin this Brief Work By One Of The Most Influential Social Historians Of The Twentieth Century...provides Scholars And Serious Students Of The Period Of The Second Through Fourth Centuries With A Well-documented And Colorful Exposition Of The Nature Of The Holy And Of Popular Society In The Late Roman Empire...many Will Find Its Call To View The Period With The Ancients' Own Eyes Quite Refreshing. This book explores the significant changes that took place in the classical world between the late second and early fourth centuries. A new elitism in religion had its parallel in society as a whole and a wide polarization of the wealthy and the poor developed, as unbridled ambition made the sharp distinction between the rulers and the ruled. --From publisher's description