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late antiquity

late antiquity is the alternative letter-case form of Late Antiquity.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

  1. The period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries CE, marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.
    • The production of coins for jewelry, on the other hand, was prosecuted as high treason or a crimen maiestatis: counterfeiting coin always constituted a major offense, and in Late Antiquity it became a sacrilege.1993, Jutta-Annette Bruhn, Coins and Costume in Late Antiquity, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, page 1
    • Unlike Jews and Manichaeans, who could be found in most parts of the Roman empire during Late Antiquity, Zoroastrians were a geographically and numerically restricted religious group, confined to certain eastern provinces, especially in Asia Minor.2000, A. D. Lee, Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 169

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Late antiquity

Late antiquity

  1. (misspelling) Misspelling of Late Antiquity.

Forms of late antiquity

alternative formlate antiquity
alternative formlate Antiquity
alternative misspellingLate antiquity

Origin of late antiquity

A calque of German Spätantike. Popularised in English by American historian Peter Brown with his influential 1971 book The World of Late Antiquity.

Questions about late antiquity

What does late antiquity mean?
Late antiquity means the period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries CE, marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.
What is late antiquity the alternative letter-case form of?
Late antiquity is the alternative letter-case form of Late Antiquity.
What part of speech is late antiquity?
Late antiquity is a proper noun.

Words near late antiquity in the dictionary

  1. latd.
  2. Latdorfian
  3. latds.
  4. late
  5. late antique
  6. late antiquity
  7. Late Aramaic
  8. late binding
  9. late blight
  10. late bloomer
  11. late bloomers

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