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From Rome to Byzantium - The Fifth Century AD (Paperback)
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From Rome to Byzantium - The Fifth Century AD (Paperback)
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Byzantium was dismissed by Gibbon, in the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire,and his Victorian successors as a decadent, dark,
oriental culture, given up to intrigue, forbidden pleasure and
refined cruelty. This great empire, founded by Constantine as the
seat of power in the East began to flourish in the fifth century
AD, after the fall of Rome, yet its culture and history have been
neglected by scholars in comparison to the privileging of interest
in the Western and Roman Empire. Michael Grant's latest book aims
to compensate for that neglect and to provide an insight into the
nature of the Byzantine Empire in the fifth century; the prevalence
of Christianity, the enormity and strangeness of the landscape of
Asia Minor; and the history of invasion prior to the genesis of the
empire. Michael Grant's narrative is lucid and colourful as always,
lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps. He successfully
provides an examination of a comparatively unexplored area and
constructs the history of an empire which rivals the former
richness and diversity of a now fallen Rome.
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