Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Abbreviations xiv
7. Maps xv
8. Part I Debates
9. Introduction: Discovering Justinian – Sources and Scholarship 1
10. Chapter 1 Rise to Power 12
11. Chapter 2 Conflict and Diplomacy on the Eastern Frontier 33
12. Chapter 3 The Wars of Reconquest 49
13. Chapter 4 Church and State 75
14. Chapter 5 Governing the Empire 95
15. Chapter 6 Culture and Society 120
16. Conclusion: Longevity and Legacy 140
17. Part II Documents
18. 1. Collectio Avellana 147 145
19. 2. Anonymus Valesianus 85–7 146
20. 3. Marcellinus Comes 521 146
21. 4. Diptych announcing the consulship of Justinian, 521 146
22. 5. Greek Anthology I.10 On the Church of the Holy Martyr Polyeuktos 147
23. 6. Church of SS Sergius and Bacchus inscription 149
24. 7. Procopius, Secret History 9.20–2 150
25. 8. John of Ephesus, Lives of the Eastern Saints 13 150
26. 9. Cassiodorus, Variae X.20 151
27. 10. Procopius, Buildings I.9.5–10 152
28. 11. C.J. I.5.12.4–10 153
29. 12. Gold coin of Justin and Justinian, 527 154
30. 13. Procopius, Wars I.24.33–7 154
31. 14. Menander the Guardsman, fragment 6.1 155
32. 15. C.J. I .29.5 156
33. 16. The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, IX.8a 157
34. 17. Procopius, Wars I.14.45–54 157
35. 18. Malalas, Chronicle 477–8 158
36. 19. Procopius, Secret History 24.12–14 159
37. 20. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical History IV.27 159
38. 21. Agathias, The Histories IV.30.7–10 160
39. 22. John of Ephesus, Church History 3.4.6–9 161
40. 23. Procopius, Wars VIII.17.1–8 162
41. 24. Procopius, Wars IV.6.30–4 162
42. 25. John the Lydian, de Magistratibus III.55 163
43. 26. Corippus, In laudem Iustini minoris 1.276–87 163
44. 27. Victor of Tonnena, Chronicon 534 164
45. 28. Procopius, Buildings I.10.16–18 164
46. 29. C.J. I.27.1, 12–14 164
47. 30. Procopius, Secret History 18.5–10 165
48. 31. Inscription from Aïn Djelloula (Cululis) 166
49. 32. Cyril of Scythopolis, Life of St Sabas 74 166
50. 33. Novel 37, preface, 1, 5 166
51. 34. Facundus of Hermiane, In Defence of the Three Chapters, preface 167
52. 35. Procopius, Wars VII.37.1–7 168
53. 36. Epistulae Austrasicae XX 169
54. 37. Procopius, Wars III.2.1–6 169
55. 38. Cassiodorus, Variae XI.1 170
56. 39. Pope Pelagius, Letters 4 and 85 171
57. 40. Novels, Appendix 7: Pragmatic Sanction, 554 171
58. 41. Procopius, Secret History 11.5–8 172
59. 42. Procopius, Wars II.4.4–11 173
60. 43. Novel 11, preface, 4 173
61. 44. Agathias, Th e Histories V.13.5–6 174
62. 45. Agathias, Th e Histories V.15.7–8 175
63. 46. Theophanes am 6050 175
64. 47. Isidore, History of the Goths 47 175
65. 48. The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, IX.15j 175
66. 49. C.J. I.1.6 and Chronicon Paschale 533 176
67. 50. ‘Only-begotten Son’ troparion 178
68. 51. Victor of Tonnena, Chronicon 540 178
69. 52. Novel 42, preface 178
70. 53. Victor of Tonnena, Chronicon 543 179
71. 54. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical History IV.38 180
72. 55. Cyril of Scythopolis, Life of St Sabas 85 181
73. 56. Justinian, On the Orthodox Faith 181
74. 57. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical History IV.39 182
75. 58. Agapetus, Advice to the Emperor Justinian 183
76. 59. Novel 131, preface, 1–4 183
77. 60. Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle 844 184
78. 61. Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle 845 184
79. 62. Cyril of Scythopolis, Life of St Sabas 72 185
80. 63. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical History IV.10 185
81. 64. Institutes, preface 186
82. 65. Novel 25, preface 187
83. 66. Novel 47, preface 188
84. 67. Justinian, the first dated copper coin, ad 538 189
85. 68. Novel 38, preface 189
86. 69. Evagrius, Ecclesiastical History IV.29 190
87. 70. Procopius, Secret History 17.5 192
88. 71. Romanos, Kontakion 54, 14–25 192
89. 72. Paul the Silentiary, Ekphrasis of Hagia Sophia, lines 1–80 194
90. 73. Procopius, Buildings I.2.1–12 196
91. 74. Procopius, Buildings V.8.4–9 197
92. 75. Procopius, Buildings I.11.10–15 198
93. 76. Greek Anthology IX.641 198
94. 77. C.J. I.5.18.4 198
95. 78. C.J. I.11.10 199
96. 79. Agathias, Th e Histories II.30.3–4 199
97. 80. Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, Chronicle 852 200
98. 81. Choricius, Oratio XIII, preface, 10–16 200
99. 82. Greek Anthology I.8 202
100. Chronology 203
101. Popes and Patriarchs 205
102. Glossary 207
103. Further Reading 215
104. Essay Questions and Exercise Topics 218
105. Primary Sources 221
106. Bibliography 228
107. Index 260