THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE (330-1453)
Outline (Lecture-2)
Byzantine Society from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
1-Byzantine imperial ideology & concept of imperial authority
2-The age of Justinian I (r. 527-565):
- Wars of reconquest in the West
- Codification of Roman law
- Hagia Sophia and other building projects
- Nika riot (532)
- Justinianic plague (542)
3-Consequences and aftermath of Justinian’s reign
4-The 7th-century transformation of Byzantium from a late antique into a medieval society
Vocabulary & Dates (Lecture 2):
Charlemagne
Justinian I (r. 527-565) / Theodora (Justinian’s wife)
Empress Irene (r. 797-802) / Empress Zoe (11th c.)
Tribonian
Corpus Juris Civilis (“Body of Civil Law”)=Justinian’s Code
Nika riot (532)
basilica vs. domed church
Sassanids of Persia
Emperor Heraclius (r. 610-641)
polis (“city”)
theme system (thema / pl. themata)
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