Week 3 (September 7-11)

Barbarians, political division, and Christological controversies

• Monday, September 7: Labor Day (no classes)
• The Eastern Empire and the Huns [Gregory 95-118; Geanakoplos 109-110 (no. 79 A and B)]; see also Priscus' account of his embassy to Attila and a map of Constantinople; you may also wish to visit the land walls of Anthemius ("Theodosian Walls")
• Christianity, heterodoxy, and monasticism [Geanakoplos 145-147 (no. 106), 148-150 (no. 108, the definition of faith of the Council of Chalcedon), 165 (no. 120), 167 (no. 121)]; see also an account of post-Nicean Arianism, a presentation of the "schools" of Alexandria and Antioch, and several resources related to the Council of 451