New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700
Editorial PROFILE BOOKS LTD
España peninsular
- Editorial PROFILE BOOKS LTD
- ISBN13 9781781250082
- ISBN10 1781250081
- Tipo LIBRO
- Colección INGLES #
- Año de Edición 2023
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Paperback
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HistoriaNew Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700
Editorial PROFILE BOOKS LTD
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome.
In this magisterial work, Professor Paul Stephenson charts the centuries surrounding this epic shift of power. He traces the cultural, social and political forces that led to the empire being ruled from a city straddling Europe and Asia, placing all into a rich natural and environmental context informed by the latest scientific research. Blending narrative with analysis, he shows how the city and empire of New Rome survived countless attacks and the rise of Islam.
By the end, the wide world of linked cities had changed into a world founded on new ideas about government and God, art and war, and the very future of a Christian empire: Byzantium.