"Late Antiquity" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: A calque of German Spätantike. Popularised in English by American historian Peter Brown with his influential 1971 book The World of Late Antiquity. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Spätantike|nocap=1}} calque of German Spätantike Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Late Antiquity}} Late Antiquity
  1. (history) The period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries C.E., marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations. Wikipedia link: Late antiquity, Peter Brown (historian), The World of Late Antiquity (1971) Categories (topical): Historical periods, History Synonyms: late antiquity, late Antiquity, Late antiquity [misspelling] Related terms: late antique, Early Islam, Early Middle Ages Translations (the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages): Henamzer diwezhañ [feminine] (Breton), Antiguitat tardana [feminine] (Catalan), late oudheid [feminine] (Dutch), Antiquité tardive [feminine] (French), გვიანი ანტიკური ხანა (gviani anṭiḳuri xana) (Georgian), Spätantike [feminine] (German), Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα (Ýsteri Archaiótita) [feminine] (Greek), késő ókor (Hungarian), késő antikvitás (Hungarian), Tarda antichità [feminine] (Italian), Antiguidade tardia [feminine] (Portuguese), Antichitatea târzie [feminine] (Romanian), по́здняя анти́чность (pózdnjaja antíčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Antigüedad tardía [feminine] (Spanish), senantik [common-gender] (Swedish), Henfyd Diweddar [masculine] (Welsh)

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