1. Map Link: Europe and the East Roman Empire, 533-600:
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2. 482 Zeno (r. 474-91) issues henotikon (Act of
Union)
484 Pope of Rome excommunicates Patriarch
of Constantinople - schism
518 Justinian (deputy to Byzantine emperor)
engineers reconciliation of Constantinople
and Rome

3. 525 Justinian marries Theodora
Reign of Justinian as Byzantine
Emperor
532 Theodora engineers end of Nika
Rebellion

4. Reviving Roman Civilisation
Security and expansion: re-conquering Italy
(535-54), N. Africa (533), S. Spain (551).
War (527-31) and peace (532) with Persia
2. Codifying Jus Vetus (old law) and Jus
Novum (new law). Commissioning Codex
Justinianus (528), Digest (530), Institutes
3. Sponsoring building projects
Church of Haghia Sophia (bt )

5. 602 Persians attack Byzantine territory, take
Damascus (613), Jerusalem (614),
Egypt (619)
628 Heraclius (r ) drives Persians out
of Byzantine territory, back to Ctesiphon

6. Aspects of Byzantine Civilisation
1. Regulation of economic activity
2. The Byzantine army and theme system
3. Government and religion. Religious role
of emperor
4. Arts and literature
Procopius (c or later)
Menander (6th c.)
Dionysius (5th-6th c.)

7. Monothelite Schism
Early 7th c. Patriarch Sergius suggests that
Christ’s natures activated by single will
(Monothelitism)
Papacy of Martin I, who condemns
Monothelitism, is arrested by Byzantine
forces, tried for treason and exiled
681 Council of Constantinople condemns
Monothelitism

8. Iconoclastic Schism
730 Leo III (r ) issues first iconoclastic
decrees
Papacy of Gregory III, who condemns
iconoclastic decrees
751 Lombards take Ravenna
843 Theodora (r ) restores images in
Byzantine Empire

9. Corpus Juris Civilis
Body of Civil Law:
(Codex Justinianus)
Digest
Institutes

10. Procopius of Caesarea (c. 500-562 or later)
Education for civil service
527 Becomes secretary to Belisarius
Works: History of the Wars
Buildings of Justinian
Secret History