Byzantium: Early Period, 330-842

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Web Resources
Early Byzantine Period and The Age of Iconoclasm. Royal Ontario Museum
Empress Theodora. Jone Johnson Lewis
Hagia Sophia. P. Savvaidis
Hagia Sophia. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Justinian, Theodora, and Procopius. Tim Spalding
Justinian's Cosmic Liturgy: East Meets West in Ravenna. University of Toronto
Origins of Byzantium, and Early Byzantium. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Outline of Early Byzantine History. Timothy Gregory, Ohio State University
Procopius: On Racing Factions and The Secret History. Paul Halsall, Medieval Sourcebook
Romiosini articles:

  • The Early Centuries Of The Greek Roman East. Nikolaos Provatas
  • The Iconoclastic Period. Dionysios Hatzopoulos
  • The Fight To Survive. Dionysios Hatzopoulos

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