The Historian, September 22nd, 2006
The Emperor Justinian and the Byzantine Empire. By James Allan Evans. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2005. Pp. xxii, 178. $45.00.)
The author's purpose in writing this book and compiling key documents was to provide to the reader a clear, concise introduction to the reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian. In AD 476, the last Roman emperor was deposed, and Western Europe was plunged into a confused and often chaotic period. In the East, however, a vibrant empire flourished, and in 527, Justinian came to the throne in Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire continued to expand in the Eastern world, ...
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