A History of the Later Roman Empire Bury Paperback Cambridge University Press

A History of the Later Roman EmpireFrom Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D)

This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from the division of the empire in 395 to 800.

J. B. Bury (Author)

9781108083188, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 March 2015

608 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.76 kg

The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on later periods, and, in this two-volume work of 1889, examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. Arguing for the underlying continuity of the Roman empire from the time of Augustus until 1453, Bury nevertheless begins his account in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts, and Constantinople began to take on the metropolitan role formerly held by Rome. Volume 2, after reviewing Justinian's legacy, takes the history down from the accession of Justin II to the death of Irene in 803. Topics examined include civil strife, including the period of iconoclasm, and the increasing problems of maintaining the imperial borders against incursions from both east and west.

Book IV, Part I continued. The House of Justin: 11. Justinian's Caesaropapism12. The slaves13. Changes in the provincial administration14. The geography of Europe at the end of Justinian's reign15. Byzantine art16. Notes on the manners, industries, and commerce in the age of JustinianBook IV, Part 2. The Collapse of Justinian's System: 1. Justin II and Tiberius II2. Maurice3. The Persian war (572–591 AD)4. Slaves and Avars in Illyricum and Thrace5. The Lombards in Italy6. The empire and the Franks7. The language of the Romaioi in the sixth century8. Literature of the sixth centuryBook V. The House of Heraclius: 1. Phocas2. Heraclius (610–622 AD)3. The Persian war4. Monotheletism5. Literature in the reign of Heraclius6. Dismemberment of the empire by the Saracens7. The Slavonic settlements in Illyricum and Thrace8. Constans II9. Constantine IV10. Justinian II11. Foundation of the Bulgarian kingdom12. Origin of the system of themes13. Twenty years of anarchy14. Social and religious decay in the seventh centuryBook VI. The House of Leo the Isaurian: 1. The repulse of the Saracens2. The administration of Leo III3. The iconoclastic movement4. Imperial Italy in the eighth century5. Constantine V6. Iconoclastic policy of Constantine7. Bulgaria8. Leo IV9. Constantine VI and Irene10. The reaction against iconoclasm11. The popes, the Lombards, and the Franks12. The geographical aspect of Europe at the end of the eighth century13. Society in the eighth century14. ConclusionIndex.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]