History of Byzantium

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