Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Editors' Preface vii
3. Author's Preface xi
4. Contents xvii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xx
6. I. Late Antique Sardis
7. Historical Outline 1
8. Industry and Commerce 14
9. Public Works and Public Services 20
10. Pagans, Jews, and Christians 27
11. The Material Remains: Sardis in the Time of Diocletian 35
12. The Expansion of the City in Late Antiquity 39
13. II. Byzantine Sardis
14. The Dark Ages 53
15. Middle Byzantine Sardis 66
16. Sardis in the Empire of Nicaea and the Last Byzantine Phase 76
17. III. Turkish Sardis
18. The Seljuk Period 90
19. The Ottoman Period 95
20. IV. The Sources 105
21. Appendix I. The Metropolitan Bishops of Sardis 135
22. Appendix II. Tamerlane and The Conquest of Sardis 137
23. Bibliography 140
24. Notes 149
25. Plans 175
26. Illustrations 181
27. Index 211