The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025 write by Mark Whittow. This book was released on 1996. The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An excellent book. Its originality lies in its broad geographical perspective, the extensive treatment of neighboring countries . . . and the emphasis on archaeological evidence."--Cyril Mango, Exeter College, Oxford
Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081
Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081 write by Warren T. Treadgold. This book was released on 1995. Byzantium and Its Army, 284-1081 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this first general book on the Byzantine army, the author traces the army's impact on the Byzantine state and society from the army's reorganization under Diocletian until its disintegration in the aftermath of the battle of Manzikert.
Byzantine Matters
Byzantine Matters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Byzantine Matters write by Averil Cameron. This book was released on 2019-09-24. Byzantine Matters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A renowned historian addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods.
The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roman Empire write by Peter Garnsey. This book was released on 2015. The Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Principate (roughly 27 BCE to 235 CE), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What forces of cohesion operated to balance the social and economic inequalities and high mortality rates? How did the official religion react in the face of the diffusion of alien cults and the emergence of Christianity? These are some of the many questions posed here, in the new, expanded edition of Garnsey and Saller's pathbreaking account of the economy, society, and culture of the Roman Empire. This second edition includes a new introduction that explores the consequences for government and the governing classes of the replacement of the Republic by the rule of emperors. Addenda to the original chapters offer up-to-date discussions of issues and point to new evidence and approaches that have enlivened the study of Roman history in recent decades. A completely new chapter assesses how far Rome’s subjects resisted her hegemony. The bibliography has also been thoroughly updated, and a new color plate section has been added.
Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925–1025
Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925–1025 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925–1025 write by Raffaele D’Amato. This book was released on 2012-08-20. Byzantine Imperial Guardsmen 925–1025 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The hundred-year period ending in 1025, from the reign of the Emperor Constantine VII to that of Basil II 'the Bulgar-Slayer', encompassed the last great era of Byzantine aggression and dominance in the Near East and Balkans. During that time, a succession of soldier-emperors hallenged and defeated an array of opponents on land and at sea and reconquered vast swathes of territory. At the heart of the Emperors' forces were the professional, highly mobile Tagmata or Imperial Guard regiments, originally formed to guard the Emperor1s person in the capital but invariably deployed as elite combat troops. Joining these heavy cavalry units, were a variety of exotic mercenary units recruited from foreigners, notably the legendary Varangians. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this lively study sheds new light on the colourful regiments of the Byzantine Imperial Guard, the formidable warriors who provided the Byzantine emperors with an insurance policy in the capital, and the elite of their field armies when on campaign.
