Series Editor's Foreword by Bella Vivante Author's Preface Timeline--Chronology of Events The World of Late Antiquity: An Historical Overview Topical Essays Biographical Sketches Primary Documents Glossary Bibliography
This survey of the reign of the Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire dissects the complicated political and military environment surrounding Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in the 6th Century CE, and discusses the ambitions and achievements of the Emperor Justinian.
James Allan Evans is Professor Emeritus of Classical Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published several works on ancient Greece and Rome, including The Age of Justinian: The Circumstances of Imperial Power.
Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and two-year technical
program students; general readers.
*Choice*
The author has succeeded in providing an appealing and eminently
accessible taster to this fascinating period…
*Journal of Classics Teaching*
Evans provides an introduction to Justinian's reign and time
through descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated
primary documents. An overview of late antiquity is followed by
chapters on the shape of the Empire, the Nike revolt of 532, the
legal achievements of Justinian, the Empress Theodora, Justinian's
building program, and imperial achievements as a whole.
*Reference & Research Book News/Art Book News Annual*
[A] handy, reliable account of the era complete with biographies of
notable characters, a very useful glossary of terms, and a
selection of major documents bearing on the reign of Emperor
Justinian. The glossary is particularly welcome because the
nonspecialist readership often finds Byzantine religious and
theological concepts daunting. The twenty documents, selected by
Evans, shed light on the rule of Justinian and the complex issues
and relationships of that time….[t]his work does much to open up
for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and general
readers the Byzantine world of Emperor Justinian. One can say that
Evans has accomplished his task and has produced a readable work on
that important era.
*The Historian*
[F]or high school to college collections….[p]roviding an
introduction to Justinian's reign and time. Biography blends with
history using annotated primary documents to provide a review of
the Late Antiquity and its influences….An excellent reference.
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