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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463208844
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940
LOC classification:
  • DF552 .H656 2002
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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.

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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