Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious printer errors have been corrected. Hyphenation has been rationalised.

Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Transliterated Greek is indicated by +plus signs+.

The Corrigenda at the end include references to Volume I as well as to this volume.

THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST. LINCOLN'S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER & CO.

THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA

A HISTORY OF THE SIXTH CENTURY A.D.

BY WILLIAM GORDON HOLMES

VOL. II _SECOND EDITION_

LONDON G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1912

CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.

CONTENTS

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V. THE PERSIANS AND JUSTINIAN'S FIRST
WAR WITH THEM 365

VI. THE SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY AT ATHENS
AND THEIR ABOLITION BY JUSTINIAN 420

VII. THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE
EMPIRE: INSURRECTION OF THE CIRCUS
FACTIONS IN THE CAPITAL 440

VIII. CARTHAGE UNDER THE ROMANS: RECOVERY
OF AFRICA FROM THE VANDALS 489

IX. THE BUILDING OF ST. SOPHIA: THE
ARCHITECTURAL WORK OF JUSTINIAN 529

X. ROME IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: WAR WITH
THE GOTHS IN ITALY 544

XI. THE SECOND PERSIAN WAR: FALL OF
ANTIOCH: MILITARY OPERATIONS IN
LAZICA 584

XII. PRIVATE LIFE IN THE IMPERIAL CIRCLE
AND ITS DEPENDENCIES 605

XIII. THE FINAL CONQUEST OF ITALY AND ITS
ANNEXATION TO THE EMPIRE 624

XIV. RELIGION IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: JUSTINIAN
AS A THEOLOGIAN 668

XV. PECULIARITIES OF ROMAN LAW: THE
LEGISLATION OF JUSTINIAN 706

XVI. THE LAST DAYS OF JUSTINIAN: LITERATURE
AND ART IN THE SIXTH CENTURY:
SUMMARY AND REVIEW OF THE REIGN 726

INDEX 761

MAPS

SEAT OF JUSTINIAN'S WARS IN THE EAST 396

SEAT OF JUSTINIAN'S WARS IN THE WEST 572

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