Week 5 (September 21-25)

The end of the old order, 565-610

• From Justin II to Phocas [Gregory 148-160; Shepard 123-129]; see also James Allen Evans, Justin II
• The Roman world around AD 600: law and society [chapter by Bernard Stolte in Haldon]; see a solidus and a follis of Emperor Maurice; visit Corinth, Sardis, and Dehes (Syria); see examples of Late Roman 1 and Late Roman 5 amphorae and a map of their distribution in the Mediterranean region; see an example of African Red Slip wares; see the new church built on top of the Byzantine cathedral of Madaba (Jordan) and the mosaic floor of the Church of St. John in Gerasa; see an aerial view of the early Byzantine fort at Ras (Serbia), a view of the fort at Markovi kuli near Prilep (Macedonia), and a map of the city of Nicopolis ad Istrum (Bulgaria) with the early Byzantine fort added on its southern side
• Social relations and the land [chapter by Peter Harris in Haldon]; visit Gerasa, a major city of the East.