A History of the Later Roman Empire: From Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D) [Paperback]

This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from the division of the empire in 395 to 800.This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. The account begins in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts. Volume 2 covers the period from 565 to the death of Irene in 803.This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. The account begins in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts. Volume 2 covers the period from 565 to the death of Irene in 803.The classical historian J. B. Bury (18611927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on later periods, and, in this two-volume work of 1889, examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. Arguing for the underlying continuity of the Roman empire from the time of Augustus until 1453, Bury nevertheless begins his account in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts, and Constantinople began to take on the metropolitan role formerly held by Rome. Volume 2, after reviewing Justinian's legacy, takes the history down from the accession of Justin II to the death of Irene in 803. Topics examined include civil strife, including the period of iconoclasm, and the increasing problems of maintaining the imperial borders against incursions from both east and west.Book IV, Part I continued. The House of Justin: 11. Justinian's Caesaropapism; 12. The slaves; 13. Changes in the provincial administration; 14. The geography of Europe at the end of Justinian's reign; 15. Byzantine art; 16. Notes on the manners, industries, and commerce in the age of Justinian; Book IV, Part 2. The Collapse of Justinian's System: 1. Justin II and Tiberius II; 2. Maurice; 3. The Persian war (572591 AD); 4. Slaves and Avars in Illyricum and Thrace; 5. The Lombards in Italy; 6ló´