HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Late Antiquity, Diocletian, Comitatenses
23 Nov 2017
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Lecture 2: late antiquity, the rise of constantine and the crucible of byzantium: the political and social background to the emergence of a new byzantium. The crisis of the mid 3rd century. 284-324 diocletian, the tetrarchy, and the rise of constantine change and transformation in the late roman period. Birth of empire from breakdown of republic rise of the (cid:862)stro(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)si(cid:373)ilar to (cid:373)afia type people, head of wealthy clans who and power) Antony 27 bce and stays in power until 14 ce. Rule of the julio-claudians to 68 ce: his family ruled after him and they were not as successful as him (nero , tiberius, gaius, claudius, nero. Flavians 69-96 ce (vespasian, titus and domitian) Nerva, trajan and hadrian, 96-138 ce: pax romana- it spreads across all of the roman empire, this is the peaceful period of rome. This was the culture and society that is inherited by the byzantine people.
