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The contents

 

Introduction. Sicily at the heart of the ‘Mare Nostrum’ 

 

Part I. The Transition from Republic to Empire

I. Sextus Pompey. 44-36 BC 

II. Octavian and the Pax Romana in Sicily   

 

Part II. During the Imperial period between Africa and Rome (1st–5th centuries) 

III. Religious, thermal, naturalistic and artistic tourism…  

IV. The emergence of modern-day traditions. In the 3rd century, two Sicilian saints: Agatha and Lucy 

V. A 4th-century villa and its mosaics 

 

Part III. An island contested by men from the north in late antiquity. Between the Vandals and the Ostrogoths 

VI. Background: the founding of Constantinople and the division of the Empire. Sicily between East and West on the north-south axis 

VII. The Fifth Century. Spain, Roman Africa and Rome. The Vandals  

VIII. The link with Italy during the period of Gothic rule. Between Odoacer and Theodoric 

 

Part IV. An island linked to the (eastern) Roman Empire. Sicily in the Byzantine era 

IX. The Sixth Century: Justinian 

X. The Early Byzantine Period. Gregory the Great and Sicily. The 7th and 8th Centuries  

XI. Syracuse, Imperial Capital. Constans II  

XII. The Arabs at the gates in an age of iconoclasm. The 8th century 

 

Appendix. A question of identity