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I've never heard that and wouldn't guess that it meant the Dark Ages at all.
by lazyasciiart 8y ago
I've never heard that and wouldn't guess that it meant the Dark Ages at all.
- ajross 8y agoIt's a real term of art. Some of the distinction is geographic. Taking about "late antiquity" usually means discussing what was happening in central Italy and the Eastern empire, where most people imagine the "dark ages" in western and northern Europe.
- blueline 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_antiquity#Terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_antiquity#Terminology /shrug