Late Antiquity in Modern Eyes

Rebenich, Stefan

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“…According to Spengler the Battle of Actium in 31 BC is the event that marked the end of antiquity. After that a sort of "intermediate period" of 1000 years came without any development, which he saw is characterized by a "magic" or "Arabian" culture [5].…”

Section: Decline Of the West By Oswald Spenglermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Spengler this culture was still organized as it had been in antiquity; its nature was the product of a supposedly "oriental" influence. The crisis of the Late Antiquity: Then and Now DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86200 period that we call Late Antiquity and the turmoil of the Völkerwanderung were consequences of the "ossification" of a once lively ancient culture-a process that had begun under Augustus [6]. This pseudoscientific theory of the decline of cultures could be used as an aid to the analysis of the politics present.…”

Section: Decline Of the West By Oswald Spenglermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Late Antiquity: Then and Now

Marcone¹

2020

Antiquity and Its Reception - Modern Expressions of the Past

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Late Antiquity as a period has a complex history with moments when the issues pertaining to it seem to intensify. One of these was without a doubt the aftermath of World War I and reached its apex in 1923 during the International Congress of Historical Sciences in Brussels. The tragic events that had shaken Europe had a deep impact on historiography. In the aftermath of World War II, this trend was reversed on account of a progressive change of perspective and sensibility. In the last decades the favored epithets applied to Late Antiquity were "transformation", "change", "transition" and "evolution". The idea of a "long" Late Antiquity has eventually superseded the previous discourse on when and why the Roman Empire declined. Instead of a caesura, the historical continuum, the longue durée, is stressed. The continuities between Christian Rome, Sasanian Iran, and Islam are being explored. Late Antiquity has become a popular subject of a historical research that is characterized by a wide variety of methods and a paradigm shift.

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Section: Decline Of the West By Oswald Spenglermentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Decline Of the West By Oswald Spenglermentioning

confidence: 99%