The Age of Justinian and Theodora: A History of the Sixth Century AD / / W. G. Holmes.

This two-volume work is not only a depiction of the life and times of Justinian and Theodora, but also a presentation of cultural and socioeconomic lineage of an empire and its peoples that still serves as a major reference text today.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]
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Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • MAPS
  • V. THE PERSIANS AND JUSTINIAN'S FIRST WAR WITH THEM
  • VI. THE SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY AT ATHENS AND THEIR ABOLITION BY JUSTINIAN
  • VII. THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE EMPIRE: INSURRECTION OF THE CIRCUS FACTIONS IN THE CAPITAL
  • VIII. CARTHAGE UNDER THE ROMANS: RECOVERY OF AFRICA FROM THE VANDALS
  • IX. THE BUILDING OF ST. SOPHIA: THE ARCHITECTURAL WORK OF JUSTINIAN
  • X. ROME IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: WAR WITH THE GOTHS IN ITALY
  • XI. THE SECOND PERSIAN WAR: FALL OF ANTIOCH: MILITARY OPERATIONS IN LAZICA
  • XII. PRIVATE LIFE IN THE IMPERIAL CIRCLE AND ITS DEPENDENCIES
  • XIII. THE FINAL CONQUEST OF ITALY AND ITS ANNEXATION TO THE EMPIRE
  • XIV. RELIGION IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: JUSTINIAN AS A THEOLOGIAN
  • XV. PECULIARITIES OF ROMAN LAW: THE LEGISLATION OF JUSTINIAN
  • XVI. THE LAST DAYS OF JUSTINIAN: LITERATURE AND ART IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF THE REIGN
  • INDEX
  • ADDITIONS