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1	Decline and fall of the Roman Empire more books like this by Edward Gibbon add to wishlist A three-volume Modern Library edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The World of Late Antiquity more books like this by Peter Brown add to wishlist see all copies from $11.91! new only from $11.91! \| SVS
3	Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe more books like this by William Rosen add to wishlist This sweeping narrative explores history's first pandemic--a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, and opened the way for the armies of Islam. Maps. see all copies from $2.22! new only from $7.90! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Byzantium: The Decline and Fall more books like this by John Julius Norwich add to wishlist In this, the third and final volume of his brilliant trilogy that began with Byzantium: The Early Centuries and continued with Byzantium: The Apogee, Norwich provides a spellbinding account of the city's fall--a story whose climax is worthy of Homer himself. of photos. see all copies from $5.59! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Byzantium : the early centuries more books like this by John Julius Norwich add to wishlist This is the story of the Byzantine Empire, from its earliest days to the beginnings of the emergence of its only European rival, the Holy Roman Empire. Those first five centuries saw the adoption of Christianity by the Graeco-Roman world, the fall of Rome and the reigns of Constantine and Justinian. They were centuries of bloodshed and controversy ... see all copies from $14.06! new only from $16.06! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Byzantium: The Apogee more books like this by John Julius Norwich add to wishlist Volume 2 of the series. With 32 pages of illustrations, and 7 maps. see all copies from $16.06! new only from $16.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Worlds of Medieval Europe more books like this by Clifford R Backman add to wishlist Deftly written and beautifully illustrated, The Worlds of Medieval Europe, Second Edition, presents a distinctive and nuanced portrayal of a western world that was sharply divided between its northern and southern aspects. By integrating the histories of the Islamic and Byzantine worlds into the main narrative, author Clifford R. Backman offers an ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $37.45!
8	Trolley to Yesterday more books like this by John Bellairs add to wishlist Johnny Dixon and Fergie discover that their friend Professor Childermass has been hiding a decrepit old trolley car that works as a time machine. The three use the trolley to go to Constantinople during the Turkish invasion of 1453. While the Professor wants to help a group of Byzantines in a church, Johnny and Fergie try to stop him, and in doing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire more books like this by Judith Herrin add to wishlist Byzantium - the name evokes grandeur and exoticism - gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium - long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium - what it was, and what ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $17.01! \| first editions \| SVS
10	History of the Byzantine State more books like this by George Ostrogorsky add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! new only from $24.97! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A short history of Byzantium more books like this by John Julius Norwich add to wishlist With wit, intelligence and his trademark eye for riveting detail, John Julius Norwich has brought together the most important and fascinating events from his trilogy of the rise and fall of the Byzantine empire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.59! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 2 more books like this by Edward Gibbon add to wishlist Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1-3: Volumes 1, 2, 3 more books like this by Edward Gibbon, H R Trevor-Roper (Introduction by) add to wishlist A modern abridgment of what is perhaps the greatest history ever written, Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." see all copies from $37.50! new only from $39.84! \| SVS
14 view cover	Justinian and Theodora more books like this by Robert Browning add to wishlist The story of the peasant's son who became an emperor and the dissolute actress who resided beside him on the throne is one of the greatest and most controversial romances of history. United, they presided over a key epoch in the formation of Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Theodora: Empress of Byzantium more books like this by Paolo Cesaretti, Rosanna M Giammanco Frongia, PH.D. (Translator) add to wishlist This book is a gripping, long-overdue biography of one of the most intriguing and powerful female figures of Western history: Theodora of Byzantium. Ruthlessly criticized and reviled by her contemporaries, Theodora, the beautiful wife of Emperor Justinian, began her life as the daughter of a bear-keeper and rose to be Justinian's partner in ... see all copies from $9.94! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Secret history more books like this by Procopius add to wishlist A trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his "History of the Wars of Justinian" proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the Emperor's reign. Yet all the while the dutiful scribe was working on a very different - and dangerous - history to be published only once its author was safely in his ... see all copies from $2.68! new only from $9.16! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Fourteen Byzantine rulers : the 'Chronographia' of Michael Psellus more books like this by Michael Psellus add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $3.68! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Oxford History of Byzantium more books like this by Cyril Mango (Editor) add to wishlist The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople and assimilation into the Turkish Empire. Lively essays and beautiful illustrations portray the emergence and development of a distinctive civilization, covering the period from the ... see all copies from $11.31! new only from $27.87! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Imperial Purple more books like this by Gillian Bradshaw add to wishlist A silk weaver in Tyre, Demetrias becomes embroiled in a treasonous plot when she realizes that the cloak of imperial purple she is making is not for the reigning emperor. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	A History of the Byzantine State and Society more books like this by Warren Treadgold add to wishlist This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date history of Byzantium to appear in almost sixty years, and the first ever to cover both the Byzantine state and Byzantine society. It begins in a.d. 285, when the emperor Diocletian separated what became Byzantium from the western Roman Empire, and ends in 1461, when the last Byzantine outposts fell to ... see all copies from $27.40! new only from $33.96! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261?1557) more books like this by Helen C Evans add to wishlist A sequel to the landmark catalogue The Glory of Byzantium, this magnificent book features work from the last golden age of the Byzantine empire. During the last centuries of the "Empire of the Romans", Byzantine artists created exceptional secular and religious works that had an enduring influence on art and culture. In later years, Eastern ... see all copies from $26.70! new only from $48.81! \| first editions
22 view cover	Lord of Emperors: The Conclusion of the Sarantine Mosaic more books like this by Guy Gavriel Kay add to wishlist The Sarantine Empire is poised on the brink of war on two fronts. Focused on his plans of invasion, the Emperor Valerian is unaware that his hold on the throne is threatened at home. The future of the Empire depends upon the actions of a foreign physician, a beautiful dancer, a wounded charioteer, a threatened barbarian queen, and Crispin, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Justinian more books like this by H N Turteltaub add to wishlist A Hugo Award-winner offers a fictional account of the violent reign of seventh-century Roman Emperor Justinian II, capturing the drama of his youthful rise to the throne, his expansion of Roman rule, and his eventual overthrow. Reprint. PW. AB. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.75! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Byzantium: The Bridge from Antiquity to the Middle Ages more books like this by Michael Angold add to wishlist Byzantium was a Greek "polis" on the Bosphorous that gained importance in 324AD when it was re-founded by Constantine the Great and named Constantinople. One of the pre-eminent cities of the Middle Ages, Constantinople played a vital role in the emergence of the medieval order in which Byzantium, western Christendom and Islam became three distinct ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-1453 more books like this by Mark C Bartusis add to wishlist Mark C. Bartusis opens an extraordinary window on the Byzantine Empire during its last centuries by providing the first comprehensive treatment of the dying empire's military. A History Book Club selection see all copies from $11.91! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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