History
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The Christianization of the Late Roman Period: Cities, Churches, Synagogues, Palaces, Private Houses and Monasteries in the Early Christian Period [Hardback]
Beat Brenk (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828722
Published by : Pindar Press
Not yet published - available for pre-order
A collection of papers which have appeared during the last 10 to 15 years which aim to explain the phenomenon of Christianisation based on the examination of religious, social and economic case studies. Brenk traces the transformation of the l... .... Learn More -
The Caspian Gates in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages: The Joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge Excavations & Surveys of 2013-2016 [Hardback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £60.00
ISBN: 9781789251920
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monograph Series
Volume: 6
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The Huns, invading through Dariali Gorge on the modern-day border between Russia and Georgia in AD 395 and 515, spread terror across the late antique world. Was this the prelude to the apocalypse? Prophecies foresaw a future Hunnic onslaught, via ... .... Learn More -
The Emperor in the Byzantine World: Papers from the 47th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies [Hardback]
Shaun Tougher (Editor)
£115.00ISBN: 9781138218680
Published by : Routledge
Series: Publications of the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies
The subject of the emperor in the Byzantine world may seem likely to be a well-studied topic but there is no book devoted to the emperor in general covering the span of the Byzantine empire. Of course there are studies on individual emperors, dyna... .... Learn More -
Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century: Current Research and Future Directions [Paperback]
Ine Jacobs (Editor); Hugh Elton (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781789250077
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume brings together historians and archaeologists working on diverse aspects of Asia Minor in the long sixth century. They discuss topics as varied as rural prosperity, urbanism in cities large and small, frontier management, and the imper... .... Learn More -
The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History [Hardback]
Hugh Elton (Author)
£71.99ISBN: 9780521899314
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this volume, Hugh Elton offers a detailed and up to date history of the last centuries of the Roman Empire. Beginning with the crisis of the third century, he covers the rise of Christianity, the key Church Councils, the fall of the West to the... .... Learn More -
Two Works on Trebizond [Hardback]
Scott Kennedy (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9780674986626
Published by : Harvard University Press
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
In 1204, brothers Alexios and David Komnenos became the unwitting founders of the Empire of Trebizond, a successor state to the Byzantine Empire that emerged after Crusaders sacked Constantinople. Trebizond, which stretched along the coast of the ... .... Learn More -
Attila the Hun: Arch-enemy of Rome [Hardback]
Hughes Ian (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781781590096
Published by : Pen & Sword
Attila the Hun is a household name. Rising to the Hunnic kingship around 434, he dominated European history for the next two decades. Attila bullied and manipulated both halves of the Roman empire, forcing successive emperors to make tribute payme... .... Learn More -
Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II: Maintaining Imperial Rule Between Rome and Constantinople in the Fourth Century AD [Hardback]
Muriel Moser (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781108481014
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
In this book, Muriel Moser investigates the relationship between the emperors Constantine I and his son Constantius II (AD 312-361) and the senators of Constantinople and Rome. She examines and contextualizes the integration of the social elites o... .... Learn More -
Imagining the Byzantine Past: The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses [Paperback]
Elena N. Boeck (Author)
£27.99ISBN: 9781107450011
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Two lavish, illustrated histories confronted and contested the Byzantine model of empire. The Madrid Skylitzes was created at the court of Roger II of Sicily in the mid-twelfth century. The Vatican Manasses was produced for Ivan Alexander of Bulga... .... Learn More -
Armies of the Late Roman Empire AD 284 to 476: History, Organization and Uniforms [Hardback]
Gabriele Esposito (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781526730374
Published by : Pen & Sword
This guide to the Late Roman Army focusses on the dramatic and crucial period that started with the accession of Diocletian and ended with the definitive fall of the Western Roman Empire. This was a turbulent period during which the Roman state an... .... Learn More
