This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extensive mosaics found in the city and its suburbs. The authors consider the lively issues of identity and ethnicity in this truly multi-cultural and multi-religious city, the effects of Romanization and Christianization on the city and surrounding region, and the central place of the city in the Roman world. These papers were presented at a colloquium in London, in December 2001. 160p, (Oxbow Books 2003)

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• Introduction (Isabella Sandwell)
• 1. Libanius and Higher Education at Antioch (Samuel N. C. Lieu)
• 2. Communality and Theatre in Libanius’ Oration LXIV In Defence of the Pantomimes (Johannes Haubold and Richard Miles)
• 3. Christian Self-Definition in the Fourth Century AD: John Chrysostom on Christianity, Imperial Rule and the City (Isabella Sandwell)
• 4. Christian Demography in the territorium of Antioch (4th–5th c.): Observations on the Epigraphy (Frank R. Trombley)
• 5. The Romanization and Christianization of the Antiochene Region: The material evidence from three sites (Tasha Vorderstrasse)
• 6. The Archaeological Landscape of Late Roman Antioch (Jesse Casana)
• 7. The Seedier Side of Antioch (Simon Ellis)
• 8. Surveying the Scene: Antioch Mosaic Pavements as a source of Historical Evidence (Janet Huskinson)