Kategoria BISAC: History >> Byzantine Empire

Welcome to a clear and detailed journey through byzantine history. This book, The History of The Byzantine Empire, shows how the empire grew from its roman history roots to a powerful state that lasted for centuries. Readers will see how emperors, soldiers, and everyday people shaped events that still affect us. If you want a byzantine empire history book that is direct and interesting, you have found it here.Below are some reasons to read this work:- Step-by-step Story: Understand how the byzantine empire started and thrived.- Connections to Roman History: See how earlier traditions blended...

Byzantium kicked off in the shadow of Rome's corpse, Constantine slapping his cross on the shields and dubbing a Greek backwater New Rome-Constantinople, the city on seven hills that hoarded the East's gold. Justinian bulled through reconquests, his Belisarius snatching Africa and Italy back while Theodora's ghost from the racetrack clawed her way to co-empress, scandals be damned. Architects threw up Hagia Sophia like a middle finger to earthquakes, its dome a golden yawn over liturgies that blended Greek philosophy with holy fire, all while Persian arrows whistled and Avars probed the...