Constructing Identities In Late Antiquity

Download or read book Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity written by Richard Miles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in Classical studies. Through detailed discussions of particular Roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the fashioning of 'late antiquity' into a distinct historical period.