Justinian

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Author(s): Moorhead John
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1994

Language: English
Pages: 213
City: London

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Editor's Preface......Page 9
Introduction......Page 12
The late Roman empire......Page 21
The new emperor and his nephew......Page 25
An unusual wife......Page 30
The new broom......Page 33
Reform of the laws......Page 43
The power of the empress......Page 49
Riots in the capital......Page 51
Justinian the builder......Page 63
New directions......Page 71
CHAPTER 3 Wars in the West......Page 74
War in Africa......Page 75
War in Italy......Page 83
The problem of Persia......Page 100
The plague......Page 110
Distractions in the West......Page 112
The West after the wars......Page 120
The Christian empire......Page 127
The search for sound doctrine......Page 131
Egypt......Page 133
The search for compromise......Page 136
An ecumenical council and its aftermath......Page 145
Missionary enterprise......Page 152
CHAPTER 6 The North......Page 155
Problems in the Balkans......Page 156
Justinian's responses......Page 163
Success in the short term . . .......Page 167
CHAPTER 7 The End and Beyond......Page 174
Silk......Page 175
Last years......Page 178
For good or ill......Page 187
Bibliography......Page 200
Map......Page 203
Index......Page 205