CONTENTS
List of figures vi
List of maps vii
Acknowledgements viii
Preface to the first edition ix
Preface to the second edition xi
Abbreviations xiiii
Introduction 1
1 Constantinople and the eastern empire 20
2 The empire and the barbarians 39
3 Christianization and its challenges 58
4 Late Roman society and economy 84
5 Justinian and reconquest 104
6 Late antique culture and private life 128
7 Urban change and the late antique countryside 146
8 The eastern Mediterranean – a region in ferment 168
9 A changed world 191
Conclusion 208
Notes 215
Bibliography 263
Index 293