About this title: This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780140441697ISBN:0140441697
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780140441697ISBN:0140441697
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1979-06-01
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Description: Near Fine. in No Jacket dj. Softcover, 388pp., light (very light) discoloration to upper 1/8" of text block pp 188-388. Doe snot appear to be a water stain. No odor, very faint. Printing flaw? Else: Front cover shows warp to upper right corner. Pages beginging to tan. "for the following half-century of extradordinary decline our main source is Michael Psellus (1018-96), one of the greatest courtiers and men of letters of his age". Binding is Trade Paperback. 8vo. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA
Date Published: 1966
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780140441697ISBN:0140441697
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, UK
ISBN-13:9780140441697ISBN:0140441697
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"In FOURTEEN BYZANTINE RULERS, Michael Psellus (1018-96) recounts the decline of the Byzantine Empire from Basil II (ruled 976-1025) to Michael VII (ruled 1071-78).
Basil II, an outstanding warrior and leader, expanded and consolidated the empire, while building up the state coffers. Many of his successors, however, were more interested in their own pleasures than in the health of the empire, and they expended vast sums of money on themselves, their consorts and countless friends. Psellus knew personally most of the emperors he describes and was chief advisor to many.
FOURTEEN BYZANTINE RULERS is particularly appealing because Psellus is a good storyteller who writes engagingly, and even his many digressions are highly enjoyable. He tells us that he is not writing a panegyric, and even though some contemporary historians disagree with his assessments, he makes a conscious effort to relate both the good and the bad about the rulers he describes.
I recommend this book highly to anyone with an interest in Byzantine history."
"At first I started reading this because I was randomly interested in the homosexual incest going on in one of those families, but then I was like, really? A Roman named Michael? Those Byzantine folks were big old hos."
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