HISTORY OF LATE ANTIQUITY: FROM ROMAN IMPERIAL TIMES TO LATE ANTIQUITY

This course will examine the transformation of the Roman Empire between the 2nd and the 5th c. The political, social and economic crisis would be the main focus of the course, while the cultural and ideological developments would be examined within the wider political framework

The students will:

• acquire a rich perspective on byzantine social history
• become familiar with the primary sources of the 7^th-century Byzantium
• develop an ability to write with clarity about historical events and defend it in an oral presentation

Week #1: Introduction

Week #2: The Roman Empire to the age of the Severans

Week #3: The Sasanian Empire

Week #4: The 3^rd c. Crisis

Week #5: The Empire of Diocletian and the Tetrarchs

Week #6: Constantine and his successors

Week #7: The barbarians

Week #8: Valentinian and Valens

Week #9: The emperor and the administration of the Empire

Week #10: Cities and countryside

Week #11:. Paganism and Christianity 

Week #12: Hellenism in late antiquity 

Week #13: Final remarks

Brown, Ο Κόσμος της Ύστερης Αρχαιότητας, μτφρ. Ελ. Σταμπόγλη, Αθήνα 1999

Brown, Η δημιουργία της ύστερης αρχαιότητας, μτφρ. Θ. Νικολαΐδης, Αθήνα 2001

Cameron, Η ύστερη ρωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορία, μτρφ. Ι. Κράλλη, Αθήνα 2000

Garnsey, R. Saller, Η Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία Οικονομία, κοινωνία και πολιτισμός, μτφρ. Β. Ι. Αναστασιάδης, Αθήνα 2003

Grimal, Η Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία 27 π.Χ.-476 μ.Χ., μτφρ. Δ. Χορόσκελης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2004

Veyne, Η ελληνορωμαϊκή αυτοκρατορία, μτφρ. Ειρ. Μητούση, Αθήνα 2013

Veyne, Όταν ο κόσμος μας έγινε χριστιανικός (312-394 μ.Χ.), μτφρ. Γ. Καράμπελας, Αθήνα 2012

Open lectures.
Critical reading and analysis of source material

Written exams. Written assignment.