NB Synopsis for morning course to follow shortly
The Rise of Constantinople and The fall of Rome
Constantine the Great (306-337)
Christianity
Constantinople - Nova Roma (New Rome)
The Fall of Rome 476
Constantinople stands firm until 1453
Justinian I (527-565)
Renovatio Imperii (Restoration of the Empire)
The Nika Riots 532
Empress Theodora (not for the easily offended!)
The Plague 541-549
The West can't be held! Long live The East!
Two books:
Rome. The Autobiography (Primary Sources) ed Jon Lewis
The Roman Empire Stephen Kershaw
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