CHAPTER III

JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA (525-548 A.D.) 66

The factions of the Circus, 69. Avarice and profession of Justinian, 74. The building of St. Sophia, 79. Other buildings of Justinian, 81. Fortifications, 82. Suppression of the schools, 85. Extinction of the Roman consulship, 87. The Vandalic War, 87. Belisarius, 89. Belisarius enters Carthage, 92. Triumph and meekness of Belisarius, 96. Solomon’s wars with the Moors, 98. Military tactics under Justinian, 100. Decadence of the soldiery, 103.