Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on Transliteration ix
4. Introduction. Roman History After the Fall of Rome 1
5. Chapter 1. New Romans in the Age of Anastasius 17
6. Chapter 2. Mythistory and Cultural Identity in New Rome 57
7. Chapter 3. Administrative Reform and Republican History 80
8. Chapter 4. The Abolition of the Consulship 102
9. Chapter 5. The Fall of Rome in the Age of Justinian 148
10. Chapter 6. Apostolic History and the Church of (New) Rome 185
11. Conclusion 218
12. Appendix 1. Selected Chronology of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries ad 223
13. Appendix 2. Ordinations of the Bishops of Rome and Constantinople 225
14. Notes 227
15. Bibliography 263
16. General Index 279