History
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Dariali: 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 and Surveys 2013-2016 [Hardback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author)
£75.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789251920
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies Archaeological Monograph Series
Volume: 6
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 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 -
Asia Minor in the Long Sixth Century: Current Research and Future Directions [Paperback]
Ine Jacobs (Editor); Hugh Elton (Editor)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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)
Regular Price: £71.99
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 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 -
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire [Hardback]
Diederick P. W. Burgersdijk (Editor); Alan J. Ross (Editor)
Regular Price: £120.00
Special Price: £85.00
ISBN: 9789004370890
Published by : Brill
Imagining Emperors in the Later Roman Empire offers new analysis of the textual depictions of a series of emperors in the fourth century within overlapping historical, religious, and literary contexts. Drawing on the recent Representational Turn i... .... Learn More -
Gaiseric: The Vandal Who Sacked Rome [Hardback]
Ian Hughes (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781781590188
Published by : Pen & Sword
While Gaiseric has not become a household name like other 'barbarian' leaders such as Attila or Genghis Khan, his sack of Rome in AD455 has made his tribe, the Vandals, synonymous with mindless destruction. Gaiseric, however, was no moronic thug, ... .... Learn More -
Justiniana Prima - An Underestimated Aspect of Justinian's Church Policy [Paperback]
Stanislaw Turlej (Author)
Regular Price: £40.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9788323341895
Published by : Jagiellonian University Press
The book explores the history of Justiniana Prima, a city built by Emperor Justinian I (527-565) in his birthplace near Nis in present-day Serbia. Previous studies focused on determining the city's location, underestimating the significance of ana... .... Learn More -
The Byzantine Turks 1204-1461 [Hardback]
Rustam Shukurov (Author)
Regular Price: £170.00
Special Price: £60.00
ISBN: 9789004305120
Published by : Brill
In The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 Rustam Shukurov offers an account of the Turkic minority in Late Byzantium including the Nicaean, Palaiologan, and Grand Komnenian empires. The demography of the Byzantine Turks and the legal and cultural aspects ... .... Learn More -
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The Nisibis War 337 - 363: The Defence of the Roman East AD 337-363 [Hardback]
John S. Harrel (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781473848306
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
The war of 337-363 (which the author dubs the ‘Nisibis War’), was an exception to the traditional Roman reliance on a strategic offensive to bring about a decisive battle. Instead, the Emperor Constantius II adopted a defensive strategy and conduc... .... Learn More
