Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

List of Maps x

List of Boxes xi

Preface to the Second Edition xiv

Preface to the First Edition xvi

Introduction 1

1 The Crisis of the Third Century 23

2 The Revival under Diocletian 36

3 The Age of Constantine the Great 49

4 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 72

5 The Fifth Century 103

6 The Age of Justinian 129

7 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 160

8 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 198

9 Continued Struggle over Ikons 220

10 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 242

11 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 265

12 The Komnenoi 290

13 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 330

14 The Beginnings of Decline 347

15 The End of the Empire 383

16 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401

Glossary 421

General Bibliography 428

A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation 435

List of Byzantine Rulers 438

Comparative Chronology 444

Electronic Resources 448

Index 451

About the Author

Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of Byzantine History at Ohio State University where he is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. He is the author of Vox Populi (1979), Isthmia V. The Fortress and the Hexamilion (1993), The Corinthia in the Roman Period (1993), archaeology editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), and Director of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia (Greece).

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