A History of ByzantiumThis revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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Contents
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The Revival under Diocletian | 36 |
The Age of Constantine the Great | 49 |
Constantius II to Theodosios I | 72 |
The Fifth Century | 103 |
The Age of Justinian | 129 |
Late Sixth | 160 |
The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm | 198 |
The Apogee of Byzantine Power | 265 |
The Komnenoi | 290 |
The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade | 330 |
The Beginnings of Decline | 347 |
The End of the Empire | 383 |
Byzantium after the Fall of the City | 401 |
Glossary | 421 |
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Continued Struggle over Ikons | 220 |
The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty | 242 |
Electronic Resources | 448 |
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