Uchastie kochevnikov v voennykh sobytiyakh na Balkanakh neredko stanovilos' reshayushchim dlya sudeb tselykh stran i narodov. V etoy knige issleduyutsya vzaimootnosheniya Vizantiyskoy imperii s kochevymi narodami yuzhnorusskikh stepey na protyazhenii trekh s polovinoy stoletiy - nachinaya s poyavleniya v Nizhnem Podunav'e pechenegov v kontse IX v. i do vtorzheniy na Balkany zolotoordyntsev vo vtoroy polovine XIII v. Podrobno rassmatrivayutsya osobennosti svyazey, konfliktov vizantiytsev s pechenegami, torkami, berendeyami, polovtsami, ikh vliyanie na sud'bu imperii. V glubine vekov...