This unit traces developments in the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Persia from c. 364?640 CE. It also focuses on cultural exchange between the two empires and the way religious developments in both impacted on exchange and conflict. A range of sources are employed in the unit, including ancient texts, archaeology and numismatics. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Peter Edwell
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies)
