From Rome to Byzantium: The Fifth Century AD

Routledge, 1998

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Year of publication

1998

ISBN

0415147530

Place of printing

London

Author

Grant, Michael

Publishers

Routledge

Edition

1st UK Edition.

Keyword

Rome Ancient Byzantium Late antiquity

Cover description

As New

Binding description

Dust jacket

Yes

State of preservation

As New

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Yes

Description

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,. 203p. bibliography, index