Late antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin.

What is the time period of antiquity?

The Age of Antiquity, also known as the Ancient Era, spanned the beginning of recorded human history, about 3000 BC, to aproximately the mid 400's, the Early Middle Ages.

When did Classical Antiquity start and end?

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centred on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world.