Table of Contents

Preface; Outline Chronology; 1 Beauty in the Twilight of the Roman Empire; 2 Three Strands of Continuity; 3 The Eclipse of Rome; 4 Imperial Ravenna and the Fall; 5 Ostrogoth Ravenna; 6 Byzantine Ravenna; 7 An Exceptional Case; Appendix I: Roman Emperors (From the Fourth Century); Appendix II: Other Principal Figures; Endnotes; Further Reading.

About the Author

Michael Starks is a published writer and a keen traveller. A history graduate from Cambridge and a former television producer, he is the author of `The Traveller's History of the Hundred Years War in France' (Cassell, 2002). He takes a special interest in the ancient history of the countries around the Mediterranean, travelling to Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Morocco and Iran as well as France. After a career at the BBC in London, he moved to Oxford, to become an associate of the University and a member of Lady Margaret Hall.