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The end of the pagan city : religion, economy, and urbanism in late antique North Africa /

"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 co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leone, Anna, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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 Casualties? ; Spolia in Churches: Recycling in Late Antique Building Activity ; The World of the Profane in Late Antique North Africa.