The Eastern Roman Empire (c.400)
Great Eastern Cities
Map of Constantinople:
Ephesus: Church dedicated to the Virgin Mary
Antioch
(left: fourth-century floor mosaic from baths of Antioch; right: funerary banquet
City Games & Entertainment: The Races, paid for by the wealthy, attended by all
Hippodrome Obelisk
A charioteer
John Chrysostom, alias "Golden Mouth"
Local Cultures of the East
Edessa, in Syria: the "Pool of Abraham"
Harran:
Syriac manuscript: Moses before Pharoah
Power of the written word: Coptic manuscript containing sermons by Shenoute of Atripe
Armenian manuscripts
Georgia (Georgian culture & literature develope slightly later)
Different Destinies: Why did the Eastern Roman Empire survive the barbarians?
Map of Barbarian Invasions: Notice the directions of most of the arrows!
Urbanized world of the East Roman Empire
Why the barbarians can't get in: The Land Walls (Constantinople)
The greatest threat the Roman Empire faced was... the Roman army!
Silicho, a "loyal barbarian"
What Alaric wants for his himself and his people:
