Description
Book SynopsisThis 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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Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence
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Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography
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Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies
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Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society
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Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes
Table of ContentsList of Figures vii
List of Maps x
List of Boxes xi
Preface to the Second Edition xiv
Preface to the First Edition xvi
Introduction 1
1 The Crisis of the Third Century 23
2 The Revival under Diocletian 36
3 The Age of Constantine the Great 49
4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 72
5 The Fifth Century 103
6 The Age of Justinian 129
7 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 160
8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 198
9 Continued Struggle over Ikons 220
10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 242
11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 265
12 The Komnenoi 290
13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 330
14 The Beginnings of Decline 347
15 The End of the Empire 383
16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401
Glossary 421
General Bibliography 428
A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation 435
List of Byzantine Rulers 438
Comparative Chronology 444
Electronic Resources 448
Index 451
