Illustrations
Figure 3 The Projecta casket from the Esquiline Treasure in Rome
Figure 4 The aqueduct of Valens in Constantinople
Figure 5 Intaglio of sardonyx and gold, depicting the symbolic investiture of Valentinian III
Figures 6–7 Ivory diptych of Flavius Aetius
Figure 8 Ivory diptych leaf of the Empress Ariadne
Figure 9 A section of the Theodosian Walls, Constantinople
Figure 10 Wooden carving of a besieged city being relieved
Figure 12 View of the walls of Dara, northern Mesopotamia
Figure 13 The granaries at Dara, northern Mesopotamia
Figure 14 A marble gambling machine, with reliefs of chariot racing
Figure 15 A contorniate with inlaid decoration depicting a four-horse chariot
Figure 16 Sixth-century houses from the village of Serjilla in the Limestone Massif east of Antioch
Figure 17 A press house for processing olive oil, Serjilla, in the Limestone Massif east of Antioch
Figures 18–19 Cross-sections of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Figure 20 Floor plan of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Figure 21 Interior of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Figure 22 Part of a peacock arch from the Church of St Polyeuctus, Constantinople
The author and publisher thank the following for providing illustrations: Victoria and Albert Museum London (Fig. 2), The Trustees of the British Museum (Fig. 3), The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (Fig. 5), Collections musées de la ville de Bourges (Figs 6–7), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Fig. 8), Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Figs 10, 11, 14), Christopher Lillington-Martin (Fig. 12), Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier (Fig. 15), Pearson Education Ltd. (Figs 18–20), Cinzia Maggiore and Tony Parry (Fig. 21), and the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford (Fig. 22).