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Title: FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM
THE FIFTH CENTURY AD
By: Michael Grant
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0415825199
ISBN 13: 9780415825191
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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Pub. date: 7 December, 2012
Pages: 218
Synopsis: Byzantium was dismissed by Gibbon, in the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,and his Victorian successors as a decadent, dark, oriental culture, given up to intrigue, forbidden pleasure and refined cruelty. This great empire, founded by Constantine as the seat of power in the East began to flourish in the fifth century AD, after the fall of Rome, yet its culture and history have been neglected by scholars in comparison to the privileging of interest in the Western and Roman Empire. Michael Grant's latest book aims to compensate for that neglect and to provide an insight into the nature of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth century; the prevalence of Christianity, the enormity and strangeness of the landscape of Asia Minor; and the history of invasion prior to the genesis of the empire. Michael Grant's narrative is lucid and colourful as always, lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps. He successfully provides an examination of a comparatively unexplored area and constructs the history of an empire which rivals the former richness and diversity of a now fallen Rome.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Routledge
Returns: Returnable
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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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BZRK APOCALYPSE (HB)
BZRK APOCALYPSE (PB)
BZRK APOCALYPSE (PB)
BZRK BOOK 2 (CD)
BZRK SIGNED EDITION (HB)
BZRK: ORIGINS
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CITIES OF VESUVIUS (PB)
COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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CONTRACTION: BASEBALL''S FAILED ATTEMPT A (PB)
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DEAN GONE SERIES SHRINKWRAP SET
EUROPEAN VSAT HANDBOOK (HB)
EVE & ADAM (PB)
EVE AND ADAM
EVE AND ADAM (PB)
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTOCOLS (HB)
FEAR
FEAR
FEAR (HB)
FEAR (PB)
FEAR (PB)
FEAR (PB)
FEAR (PB)
FEAR (PB)
FEAR 5 SIGNED EDITION (HB)
FERGIE RISES
FERGIE RISES
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FERGIE RISES (PB)
FERGUSON
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FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM
FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM
FROM ROME TO BYZANTIUM
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FRONT LINES
FRONT LINES (HB)
FRONT LINES (PB)
FRONT LINES (PB)
GLADIATORS (HB)
GONE
GONE
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GONE (HB)
GONE (PB)
GONE (PB)
GONE (PB)
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GONE (PB)
GONE (PB)
GONE (PB)
GONE 6
GONE SERIES COMPLETE COLLECTION
GONE SIGNED EDITION (HB)
GREEK AND LATIN AUTHORS (HB)
GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIANS
GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIANS
GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIANS
GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORIANS
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MESSENGER OF FEAR (PB)
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PLAGUE (HB)
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SILVER STARS
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