Table of Contents

Prologue: sources for a history of the Emperor Romanus Lecapenus; 1. Life in Byzantium at the beginning of the tenth century; 2. The legacy of the Emperor Leo the wise; 3. The regency: Alexander, Nicholas and Zoe; 4. Romanus Lecapenus and his government at home; 5. The Bulgarian war; 6. Byzantium and the nations of the steppes; 7. The eastern frontier; 8. Armenia and the Caucasus; 9. Byzantine Italy; 10. The southern Slavs and Illyricum; 11. The land laws and other legislation; 12. The fall of the Lecapeni; 13. Romanus and his reign's place in history; Appendixes; Bibliography; Appendix; Index; Map.

Reviews

'A remarkably able book … A fine piece of work - in every respect a most valuable contribution to the history of a difficult period.' New Statesman

'Deep learning and taste and skill in its presentation have combined to produce a work which is a credit to Cambridge scholarship and history.' The Times

'A very readable book, extraordinarily full of detail yet never dull. It seems to me to be a model of what such books should be.' Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature

'The author has certainly provided for this hitherto neglected emperor his 'proper mansion in history'.' English Historical Review