This volume presents the findings of many years of excavation and research work into the Byzantine basilicas of the ancient city of Miletus in Anatolia. Illustrative comparisons to other monuments are among its many strengths; it is sure to become a seminal work on Byzantine architectural design and history.

This book accounts for the tumultuous period of the fifth to eleventh centuries from the Fall of Rome and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire through the breakup of the Eastern Roman Empire and loss of pan-Mediterranean rule, until the Turks arrived and seized Anatolia. The volume is divided into a dozen syntheses that each addresses an issue of intrigue for the archaeology of Anatolia, and two dozen case studies on single sites that exemplify its richness.

Anatolia was the only major part of the Roman Empire that did not fall in late antiquity; it remained steadfast under Roman rule...