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428 AD : an ordinary year at the end of the Roman Empire /

By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a fresh look at a civilization in the midst of enormous change--as Christianity takes hold in rural areas across the empire, as western Roman provinces fall away from those in the Byzantine east, and as power shifts f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Traina, Giusto, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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