Week 2 (August 31-September 4)
The Late Roman Empire, 284-395 [see the on-line
map]
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From Diocletian to Constantine the Great: Tetrarchy and
Dominate [Gregory 21-44; Geanakoplos 39 (no. 19), 87 (no.
57 A and B), 229-230 (no. 164), 252 (no. 177 A and B); Ralph Mathisen,
Diocletian;
Hans A. Pohlsander, Constantine
the Great]; see examples of coins
issued for Constantine the Great
- The Christian Empire [Gregory 44-65; see the Edict
of Milan, Eusebius
on the conversion of Constantine, and the Nicene
Creed
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From Julian to Theodosius: the state under strain [Gregory 66-94; Geanakoplos 127-128 (no. 92B), 128-129 (no. 93), 328-330 (nos. 242-243),
393-394 (no. 296)]; see Julian's
Misopogonand
letter
to Arsacius, Ammianus
Marcellinus' description of the battle of Adrianople, and a
brief analysis of this battle; see also Noel Lenski, Valens;
David Woods, Theodosius
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