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The Patricians and Emperors [Hardback]
Ian Hughes (Author)
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ISBN: 9781848844124
Published by : Pen & Sword
Patricians and Emperors offers concise comparative biographies of the individuals who wielded power in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, from the assassination of Aetius in 454 to the death of Julius Nepos in 480. The book is divided ... .... Learn More -
Byzantium Triumphant: The Military History of the Byzantines [Hardback]
Julian Romane (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781473845701
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Byzantium Triumphant describes in detail the wars of the Byzantine emperors Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II. The operations, battles and drama of their various bitter struggles unfold, ... .... Learn More -
Late Ancient Knowing [Hardback]
Catherine M. Chin (Editor); Moulie Vidas (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780520277175
Published by : University of California Press
In this collection of essays, scholars examine the activity of knowing in late antiquity by focusing on thirteen major concepts from the intellectual, social, political, and cultural history of the period. They ask two questions about each of thes... .... Learn More -
Fighting Emperors of Byzantium [Hardback]
John Carr (Author)
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ISBN: 9781783831166
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Fighting Emperors of Byzantium assesses the contribution of those Emperors whose military leadership determined the survival of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire for a thousand years after the fall of Rome. Carr's concise narrative spans the en... .... Learn More -
Reading Sin in the World: The Hamartigenia of Prudentius and the Vocation of the Responsible Reader [Paperback]
Anthony Dykes (Author)
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ISBN: 9781107519091
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Prudentius is one of the major Latin poets of antiquity. A Christian living and writing in Spain in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, he was thoroughly imbued with the whole tradition of Latin poetry. The Hamartigenia is a didactic poe... .... Learn More -
Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor [Hardback]
Pauline Allen (Editor); Bronwen Neil (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780199673834
Published by : Oxford University Press
Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) has become one of the most discussed figures in contemporary patristic studies. This is partly due to the relatively recent discovery and critical edition of his works in various genres, including On the Ascetic L... .... Learn More -
Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians [Hardback]
Anthony Kaldellis (Author)
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ISBN: 9780415732321
Published by : Routledge
The survival of ancient Greek historiography is largely due to its preservation by Byzantine copyists and scholars. This process entailed selection, adaptation, and commentary, which shaped the corpus of Greek historiography in its transmission. B... .... Learn More -
Sylvester Syropoulos on Politics and Culture in the Fifteenth-Century Mediterranean [Hardback]
Fotini Kondyli (Editor); Vera Andriopoulou (Editor); Eirini Panou (Editor); Mary B. Cunningham (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781409439660
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Company
The Memoirs of Sylvester Syropoulos is a text written by a ?yzantine ecclesiastical official in the 15th century. Syropoulos participated in the Council for the union of the Greek and Latin Churches held in Ferrara and Florence, Italy, in 1438-143... .... Learn More -
Explaining the Cosmos [Hardback]
Michael W. Champion (Author)
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ISBN: 9780199337484
Published by : Oxford University Press
Explaining the Cosmos analyzes the writings of three thinkers associated with Gaza: Aeneas, Zacharias and Procopius. Together, they offer a case study for the appropriation, adaptation, and transformation of classical philosophy in late antiquity,... .... Learn More -
The War of the Three Gods [Hardback]
Peter Crawford (Author)
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ISBN: 9781848846128
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War of the Three Gods is a military history of the first half of seventh century, with heavy focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641). This was a pivotal time in world history as well as a dramatic one. The Eastern Ro... .... Learn More
