People & Places
Augustine met his long-time "girlfriend" at this college town.
What is Carthage?
This is the two-word phrase which Fred Donner uses to describe early Islam.
What is the Believers' Movement?
He sacked Rome in 410.
Who is Alaric?
Procopius's primary account of the Nika Riots is found in this text.
What is The Wars?
He defeated the Persians but soon saw many of his regained territories fall to Arab armies.
Who is Heraclius?
This pagan philosopher was murdered by a Christian mob in the early fifth century.
Who is Hypatia of Alexandria?
"It doesn't actually exist" was Augustine's conclusion to this problem.
What is the problem of evil?
The Council of Chalcedon took place in this year.
What is 451?
His Questions & Answers offered advice to ordinary Christians living under Muslim rule?
Who is Anastasius of Sinai?
He was the most famous Ostrogothic King of Italy.
Who is Theodoric?
These two chariot-racing teams competed in Constantinople and were known for rioting.
Who are the Greens and the Blues?
In the late antique world, women were presumed to be skilled at this craft.
What is weaving or making fabric?
Romulus Augustulus was deposed in this year.
What is 476?
A compiler par excellence, this bishop in Visigothic Spain became a great encylopedist.
Who is Isidore of Seville?
He was famous for the promulgation of a great law code & the building of great walls around Constantinople.
Who is Theodosius II?
What is Ctesiphon?
This Christological belief/label is defined as: one person in two natures.
What is "Chalcedonian"?
Emperor Justinian died in this year.
What is 565?
Secret History gives the author's perspective not only on Emperor Justinian but also on his leading general.
Who is Belisarius?
He oversaw the construction of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
Who is Caliph Abd-al-Malik?
Opposed by Cyril of Alexandria, this patriarch of Constantinople was banished and condemened for heresy.
Who is Nestorius?
This law-code valued child-bearing women more than men of the same age.
What is Salic Law [or The Law of the Salian Franks]?
We call this event that occurred in 622 CE the hijra.
What is Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina?
This text includes a scene in which a royal wife critiques her husband's religion as mythological nonsense.
What is The History of the Franks?
She was Athaulf's wife for a time.
Who is Galla Placidia?