War and community in late antiquity / edited by Susanna Elm, University of California, Berkeley, Kristina Sessa, The Ohio State University.
| Other author | Elm, Susanna, editor. |
| Other author | Sessa, Kristina, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | xi, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Looking for war in late antiquity / Kim Bowes -- Everyday violence / Kristina Sessa -- From urbs to ecclesia capta : Reimagining urban warfare in late antiquity / Susanna Elm -- The "law of war" : Augustine on the captured city (urbs capta) and sexual violence against men and women in the City of God (Book 1) / Ellen Muehlberger -- Wartime effects : Synesius of Cyrene and the sentiments of *On Kingship* / David Brakke -- Monks, barbarians, and soldiers : Monastic communities and armed conflict in late ancient Egypt, Palestine, and the Sinai / Tommaso Giuliodoro, Anna Leone -- Warfare, communities, and landscapes in late antique North Africa / Sarah E. Bond -- "Feasts and harlots, baths and idleness" : The geography of billeted troops in late antiquity / Rita Lizzi Testa -- Redemptio captivorum : The ransom of war prisoners in late antiquity / Michele Renee Salzman -- Elite women and war : New opportunities for agency in the fifth- and sixth-century Western Empire / Diliana Angelova -- "By divine inspiration and the greatness of his mind" : Augustan and Christian messaging on Constantine's Triumphal Arch / Elizabeth DePalma Digeser -- Apocalyptic ideology during civil war : The Archangel Michael and Constantine's Christian subjects / Flavio Santini -- A martyr of civil wars : Ambrose on the death of Valentinian II / Catherine Michael Chin -- Epilogue : What is an enemy made of? |
| Abstract | "Late Antiquity was a world at war: barbarian migrations, civil wars, and porous frontiers affected millions of its inhabitants. How did the empire's culturally and religiously diverse communities respond? This volume presents cross-disciplinary essays on the consequences of warfare on civilians, fighting forces, and the built environment"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion War and community in late antiquity Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026 9781009603638 |
| LCCN | 2025045472 |
| ISBN | 9781009603614 |
| ISBN | 1009603612 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781009603621 paperback |
| ISBN | 1009603620 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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