/lit/ - Literature

>>4660898
The World of Late Antiquity by Peter Brown does a great job with the late Roman empire and beyond; he paints a vibrant picture of an era that laypeople are wont to dismiss as the "dark ages," with some interesting commentary on the conflict between paganism and Christianity, Persian incursions, and even on the rise of Islam. Lots of stuff going on at that time, certainly not a cultural and intellectual vacuum without which we'd have flying cars or something like that. His prose is really great too!