Archimedes Palimpsest Project and a brilliant historian of cognitive practices who is also a published
poet.
Plutarch, Greek Lives (Oxford 1998) and Plutarch, Roman Lives (Oxford 1999): excellent translations by
Robin Waterfield of many of the most interesting of Plutarch's Lives, with fine introductions and notes (but
unfortunately omitting Plutarch's crucial comparisons).
Reardon, B. P. (ed.) Collected Ancient Greek Novels (Berkeley 1989): excellent, readable translations of
the most accessible Greek writings that date from the first four centuries of the Roman Empire.
Suggested Internet Resources
De Imperatoribus Romanis, an on-line encyclopedia of Roman rulers and their families, has excellent,
detailed maps showing the changing boundaries of the Roman Empire in hundred-year increments from
AD 1 to 1500 (roman-emperors.org/Bigcart, accessed March 29, 2016).
Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery (video.pbs.org/video/2365432635, accessed March 29, 2016)
is a magnificent PBS program from 2015 on the history and construction of the greatest architectural
monument of the Byzantine Period.
The Archimedes Palimpsest (archimedespalimpsest.org/about, accessed March 29, 2016) describes the
history of this fascinating artifact and the processes used to reveal the underlying text, with high-quality
digital images and videos.
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453) (metmuseum.org/toah/hd/byza/hd_byza, accessed March 29, 2016) is an
excellent “thematic essay,” well illustrated from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with
links to maps, timelines, and other essays concerned with Byzantine art.