num_pages: 430
description: Published to coincide with a major exhibition on Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring of 1997, Byzantium tells the dramatic story of Byzantium, from its beginnings in A.D. 330, providing readers with a spirited, gripping, and original account of a great lost civilization and its magnificent artistic heritage. 24 pp. of illustrations, 8 pp. in full color. Size C. 432 pp. 20,000 print.
language: English
title: A Short History of Byzantium
titlecomplete: A Short History of Byzantium
genres: Historical, Religion, Medieval History, European History, Nonfiction, Ancient History, World History, Medieval, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 2393
places: Byzantine Empire, Constantinople
publisher: Knopf