Those of us who study Late Antiquity, as professionals or as amateurs, find it one of the most exciting periods of all history. This section of ORB hopes to convey some of that excitement, and to make available both original sources from Late Antiquity and some of the best modern scholarship about the era. 

Contents of this Section:

• An Overview of Late Antiquity by Steven Muhlberger 
• A Visual Tour through Late Antiquity
• ORB Encyclopedia--Original Essays and Reprinted Articles. This section includes both general introductions and specialized studies.
• Introductory essays 
• Collapse of the Roman Empire--Military Aspects by Hugh Elton
• Late Roman Army by Hugh Elton
• "Barbarization" in the Late Roman Army by Hugh Elton
• Specialized studies
• China and the Chinese according to 5-13th Century Classical Armenian Sources by Robert Bedrosian
• Dayeakut'iwn in Ancient Armenia by Robert Bedrosian
• Eastern Asia Minor and the Caucasus in Ancient Mythologies by Robert Bedrosian 
• The Sparapetut'iwn in Armenia in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries by Robert Bedrosian 
• De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors includes, besides biographies of many emperors, a variety of other valuable resources: Imperial stemmata (family trees), the DIR and ORB Ancient and Medieval Atlas, the Imperial Battle Index, and the Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins.
• Timelines for Ancient Roman History adapted from the tables given by Sir John Edwin Sandys in A Companion to Latin Studies, Third Edition (1921) are provided by St. Louis University
• Online Bibliographies of Late Antiquity
• Primary Sources
• James J. O'Donnell's Worlds of Late Antiquity page leads to an interesting collection of sources.
• The ICLnet Guide to Early Church Documents.
• Early Church Fathers makes available English translations of a large number of early Christian writings.
• Early Church Fathers - Additional Texts is another valuable collection, edited by Roger Pearse.
• Bibliotheca Augustana, a collection of ancient, medieval and modern Greek and Latin texts.
• Robert Bedrosian'sArmenian Historical Sources of the 5-15th Centuries.
• Translated Texts for Historians. Information on Liverpool University Press's series of translated works from Late Antiquity.
• The Constitution Society has made available Roman Civil Law in translation (Scott, 1932, 17 volumes).
• Don't forget the ORB Library.
• Resources for Teaching
• James J. O'Donnell's Worlds of Late Antiquity page. 
• Jacqueline Long's course on the World of Late Antiquity (Loyola University Chicago) has an on-line syllabus with links to sources in translation.  She has also posted syllabi for courses on St. Augustine' Confessions, Ammianus Marcellinus, and the Historia Augusta.
• Sue Alcock at the University of Michigan has posted the materials from her course on Food in the Ancient World: Subsistence and Symbol.
• Robert Kraft's Home Page includes much material on early Judaism and Christianity.
• L. Neuru's page for her Fall of the Roman Empire course at the University of Waterloo
• Diotima's Course Materials page has links to many materials relevant to the study of women and gender in the ancient world.
• K.H. Kinzl's page for his Trent University course on The Late Roman Empire: A.D. 305 to c. 600 is supplemented by an extensive bibliography of secondary works and a listing of the main literary sources for the period.
• My own modest home page for a seminar on Gregory of Tours.
• Specialized Internet Sites
• Images
• Maps and Geographical Aids
• The DIR and ORB Antique and Medieval Atlas by Christos Nü ssli.
• Historical Atlas of Late Antiquity by Denis Bellemare.
• The Imperial Battle Map Index (DIR) by Hugh Elton and Christos Nü ssli.
• The Roman Atlas at Lacus Curtius.
• The Geography of Roman Gaul by Ralph W. Mathisen.
• Journals, Online and In Print
• Conferences, Colloquia, and Workshops
• Centers and Organizations for the study of Late Antiquity
• The Society for Late Antiquity has a website and an e-mail discussion list. The site contains much material not duplicated here. The Society hosts a biannual conference on Late Antiquity. 
• Grup de Recerques en Antiguitat Tardana of the University of Barcelona.
• The Late Antiquity Research Group (LARG) is a British-based organization of scholars that promotes research in this period.
• Late Antique Urbanism at the University of Nottingham.
• Ancient history in the news

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