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The world of late antiquity : from Marcus Aurelius to Muhammad

@inproceedings{Brown1971TheWO,
  title={The world of late antiquity : from Marcus Aurelius to Muhammad},
  author={Peter Robert Lamont Brown},
  year={1971}
}
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