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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged Edward Gibbon Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely … OL1285005W
Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Leonora Alice Neville "Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the pas… OL16599679W
The Alexiad The Alexiad Anna Komnene Anna Comnena (1083-1153) wrote The Alexiad as an account of the reign of her father, the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. It is also an important source of information on the Byzantine war with the Norma… OL17048876W
Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests Walter Emil Kaegi xiii, 313 p. : 24 cm OL4086159W
Byzantium Byzantium Giles Morgan So what’s so significant about the Byzantine Empire? It is now recognised as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance and a significant impact in the shaping modern Europe and modern hi… OL8551643W