LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Cosmographia Scoti, Notitia dignitatum. Photo: Bodleian Libraries, Shelfmark & folio no: MS. Canon. Misc. 378, fol. 122r 2. Monastic Saints, monastery of Saint Jeremias, Saqqara, now in Coptic Museum, Cairo, Egypt. Photo: B. O’Kane/Alamy Stock 3. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. Photo: Lanmas/ Alamy Stock Photo 4. Ivory diptych of Consul Anicius Petronius Probus depicting Emperor Honorius, 406, Aosta Cathedral, Italy. Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/Bridgeman Images 5. The Emperor Triumphant, known as the ‘Barberini Ivory’, Louvre, Paris, France. Photo: Bridgeman Images 6. Mosaic of Ambrose of Milan, church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Photo:/Contributor/Getty 7. The Anthemian Wall of Constantinople. Photo: Chris Hellier/ Alamy Stock Photo 8. Intaglio of Alaric II. Photo: KHM-Museumsverband 9. Eagle Brooch from the Domagnano Treasure. Photo: akg-images/ ullstein bild 10. Christ Pantocrator from St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai. Photo: © Zev Radovan/Bridgeman Images 11. (Top) The City of Jerusalem and the surrounding area, detail from the Madaba mosaic map, Church of Saint Gaorge, Madaba, Jordan. Photo: Bridgeman Images. (Bottom) Photo: Library of Congress 12. The Missorium of Theodosius. Photo: Juan Aunion/Alamy Stock Photo
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13. Honorius Cameo, depicting Emperor Honorius (395–423) and his wife, Maria (ivory and metal). Photo: Private Collection/ Bridgeman Images 14. Throne of Maximianus, Mainz Romano-Germanic Central Museum. Photo: akg-images 15. Dido making a sacrifice, fromThe Vergilius Vaticanus (Lat 3225 f.33v). Photo: Vatican Library, Vatican City/Bridgeman Images 16. Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/G. Cigolini/Bridgeman Images 17. The Istanbul Evangelist. Photo: De Agostini Picture Library/ Bridgeman Images 18. An Alkhan ‘Hun’. Photo: Public domain 19. Tessera of Basilius. Photo: Public domain 20. The Taq-e Kesra, Ctesiphon. Photo: Library of Congress 21. The Castulo Paten. Photo: Wikipedia 22. Szilágysomlyó Medallion. Photo: KHM-Museumsverband 23. Bracteate from Funen. Photo: KHM-Museumsverband 24. São Cucufate, Portugal. Photo: Wikipedia 25. The CorbridgeLanx . Photo: with permission of the Trustees of the British Museum
While every effort has been made to contact copyright-holders of illustrations, the author and publishers would be grateful for information about any illustrations where they have been unable to trace them, and would be glad to make amendments in further editions.
Maps
Map 1 (pp. xii–xiii) The Roman Empire under Constantine Map 2 (pp. xiv–xv) The Roman Empire,c . 400 Map 3 (pp. xvi–xvii) The Roman Empire,c . 550 Map 4 (pp. xviii–xiv) The Eurasian World Map 5 (pp. xx–xxi) The Sasanian Empire Map 6 (p. xxii) Gaul and Spain Map 7 (p. xxiii) North Africa Map 8 (p. xxiv) Italy Map 9 (p. xxv) The Danubian Provinces Map 10 (p. xxvi) Asia Minor Map 11 (p. xxvii) Syria Map 12 (p. xxviii) Egypt Map 13 (p. xxix) Rome Map 14 (p. xxx) Constantinople
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Smyrna Sardis S Melitene Tigranocerta Nazianzus e a Ephesus Amida Tralles Samos Laodicea Iconium Tyana Priene Miletus Sagalassus Aphrodisias Cremna Faustinopolis Samosata Heracleia Edessa Stratonicea Anazarbus Hierapolis Nisibis Halicarnassus Isaura Laranda Apamea Termessus Perge Adana Carrhae Tarsus Oenoanda Mopsuestia Issus Side Telmessus Claudiopolis Hierapolis Rhodus Arycanda Seleucia Selinus Antioch Beroea Anemurium
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Dionysias Arsinoe
Tebtunis Gulf of Suez Heracleopolis
Gulf of Aqaba Oxyrhynchus
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0 100 200 kilometres 0 100 miles Elephantine Philae S. Agnese Porta Flaminia
VIA NOMENTANA Porta Pinciana Porta VIA FLAMINIA Nomentana
Mausoleum St Peter’s Mausoleum of Augustus of Hadrian Baths of Tiber Diocletian VIA TIBURTINA Aelian S. Lorenzo Bridge Bridge of Nero Baths of Stadium of Pantheon Constantine Domitian Porta Tiburtina
Imperial Theatre of Fora Pompey Bridge of Agrippa Circus Arch of CAPITOL Constantine Baths of SS. Porta Flaminius Trajan Marcellino Septimiana e Pietro Bridge of VIA LABICANA Aurelius FORUM Colosseum S. Croce PALATINE Temple of Venus Circus Maximus and rome, and Basilica of Maxentius Lateran Bridge Basilica Porta Asmaria of Probus
Tiber Porta Metronia
Porta Portuense
Porta Porta Ostiense Latina
Porta Ardeatina Porta Appia
VIA APPIA VIA OSTIENSE 0 500 1000 metres Shrine of Saint Paul 0 1500 3000 feet S. Sebastiano Rome Wall of Theodosius G o l d Cistern of e Aetius n
H Cistern of Aspar o r n
Church of the Column of Wall of Constantine Holy Apostles Claudius Original Gothicus Harbours Aqueduct Column of Marcian Baths of Ancient Constantius Forum of Acropolis Theodosius Cistern Basilica St Mocius St Eirene St Sophia Augusteion Forum of Arcadius Forum of Baths of Constantine Zeuxippus Harbour of Palace Theodosius Hippodrome Harbour of Julian
St John of o n t i s Stoudios r o p P 0 500 1000 metres Golden 0 500 1000 yards Gate Constantinople