Specificity of urban life in the province of Palestine in the era of Late Antiquity
The purpose of the article is to study the features of urban life in the late antique period. It is one of the key aspects of a topical theme in historical literature nowadays. The territory of the province of Palestine as important for the empire was chosen as a geographical framework. The presentation of the material is built using narrative, comparative-historical, historical-genetic, synchronous and diachronic methods. The result of the study was the identification of such features of urban life as polyethnicity, polyconfessionalism, multilingualism, active trade, a certain level of education of city residents, the preservation of some ancient traditions and their coexistence with the Christian manner of life. It is concluded that at this time the life in the cities was active and the «fading» of the rhythm of urban life was characteristiconly at the end of the period. From an academic point of view, the results can provide a significant understanding of the late antiquity, from an applied point of view, it can help to look at the modern situation in Palestine from a different angle.