Meanings
late antiquity1
- Alternative letter-case form of Late Antiquity.
Late antiquity2
- misspellingMisspelling of Late Antiquity.
Late Antiquity3
alternative late antiquity · alternative late Antiquity · alternative misspelling Late antiquity
- historyThe 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 12 more examples
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 169Yuhanna b. Mansur b. Sargun (ca. 655–ca. 749 C.E.), better known as John of Damascus, lived through the cultural transition from Late Antiquity to Early Islam and thus offers an important window into the practice of Late Antique Christian faith in a changing cultural milieu.
2000, David Vila, “38: Texts on Iconoclasm: John of Damascus and the Council of Hiereia”, in Richard Valantasis, editor, Religions of Late Antiquity in Practice, Princeton University Press, page 454
Origin
- GermanSpätantike
- EnglishLate Antiquity
A calque of German Spätantike. Popularised in English by American historian Peter Brown with his influential 1971 book The World of Late Antiquity.
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Catalan Antiguitat tardana
- Antiguitat tardanathe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Dutch late oudheid
- late oudheidthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
French Antiquité tardive
- Antiquité tardivethe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
German Spätantike
- Spätantikethe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Greek Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα
- Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα (Ýsteri Archaiótita)the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Hungarian késő ókor, késő antikvitás
- késő ókorthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
- késő antikvitásthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Italian Tarda antichità
- Tarda antichitàthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Portuguese Antiguidade tardia
- Antiguidade tardiathe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Romanian Antichitatea târzie
- Antichitatea târziethe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Russian по́здняя анти́чность
- по́здняя анти́чность (pózdnjaja antíčnostʹ)the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Spanish Antigüedad tardía
- Antigüedad tardíathe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Swedish senantik
- senantikthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Welsh Henfyd Diweddar
- Henfyd Diweddarthe period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
Cite this entry
late antiquity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/late%20antiquity
“late antiquity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/late%20antiquity. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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