num_pages: 480
description: This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised A History of Byzantium covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods incorporating new archaeological evidence. Includes additional maps and photographs and a newly annotated updated bibliography. Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies. Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society.Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes
language: English
title: A History of Byzantium, 2nd Edition
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell