Week 4 (September 14-18)

Early Byzantium, 457-565

• In-class assignment # 1 
• Barbarians, Monophysites, and reforms [Shepard  130-195; Geanakoplos 58 (no. 37), 307 (no. 222); Hugh Elton, Zeno and Anastasius]
• Justinian [Gregory 119-147; Shepard 99-123 and 196-220; Geanakoplos 30-31 (no. 12), 73-75 (no. 48), 76-77 (no. 49B), 150-151 (no. 110), 187-188 (no. 136), 254-256 (no. 180), 258-260 (no. 183), 319-321 (nos. 235-236)]; see James Allan Evans, Justinian and the on-line map; visit the site of Justinian's hometown, Iustiniana Prima (Caricin Grad)