title: A History of Byzantium (Blackwell History of the Ancient World)
author: Timothy Gregory
description: This book is a concise narrative of Byzantine history from the time of Constantine the Great (306 AD) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The book views Byzantium as a vital society, important in its own right, that also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society. The book uses the chronological political history of the empire as a narrative frame, but balances politics with a consideration of social and economic life and the rich culture of Byzantium. Visual documents such as photographs of art, architecture, and implements from daily life are used alongside the text to raise questions about life in the Byzantine Empire. The book is based on the latest scholarship and discusses the major historiographical questions for each period. At the same time, it is written in clear, narrative prose, making this fascinating period accessible to a wide readership.
zlib_text: Translated Texts for Historians
  300–800 AD is the time of late antiquity and the early middle ages: the 
  transformation of the classical world, the beginnings of Europe and of Islam, 
  and the evolution of Byzantium. TTH makes available sources translated 
  from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian, Gothic and Armenian. 
  Each volume provides an expert scholarly translation, with an introduction 
  setting texts and authors in context, and with notes on content, interpretation 
  and debates.
  Editorial Committee
  Sebastian Brock, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford
  Averil Cameron, Keble College, Oxford
  Marios Costambeys, University of Liverpool
  Mary Cunningham, University of Nottingham
  Carlotta Dionisotti, King’s College, London
  Peter Heather, King’s College, London
  Robert Hoyland, University of St Andrews
  William E. Klingshirn, The Catholic University of America
  Michael Lapidge, Clare College, Cambridge
  John Matthews, Yale University
  Neil McLynn, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
  