Though in antiquity the social comedies of Menander ranked second in popularity only to Homer, his plays were for centuries thought to be irretrievably lost. It was only in the 20th century that large
Late Antiquity is the somewhat unsatisfactory name for the period in Europe roughly from the fourth to the eighth century. It was a time of transition from Roman hegemony to a largely Christian societ
Eight essays further explore how late antiquity was characterized by a complex engagement with the negotiable authority of the classical past, but travel beyond the center of political and cultural li