Religion, Language and Community in the Roman Near East: Constantine to Muhammad

by Fergus Millar

This book explores the way in which different ethnic, religious and linguistic communities co-existed and conflicted in the Roman Near East in the three centuries between the conversion of the Emperor Constantine to Christianity in 312 and the beginning of Muhammad's preaching in about 610. In the fourth century a major role was played by Greek-speaking pagans, most notably the great orator, Libanius, from Antioch in Syria. After about 400, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019726557X
• ISBN13: 9780197265574
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"