Tactics and recruitment for the army of Justinian can be found in the relevant chapters of A. H. M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire 3 vols. For the miracles of Byzantine saints there is the translation of lives by E. Dawes, trans. Michael Psellus, Fourteen Byzantine Emperors Anna Comnena, Alexiad, pp. 73-134 Vasiliev, HBE, vol. The dramatic collapse of Byzantine political and military power in the eleventh century is linked to wider changes in society and economy.
Some historians argue that there was no economic decline in the tenth and eleventh century.
All reports should consider when decline became irreversible and how well could the empire have faced the new foes of the Normans and Seljuk Turks. Students should choose ONE of the major causes listed below and argue for its significance as a cause of the decline of imperial power. Reporters concentrate on the period 1025-1056. READ Psellus, pp. Reporters concentrate on the period 1056-1081.