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Klappentext This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from the division of the empire in 395 to 800. Zusammenfassung 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 1 covers the period to the deaths of Belisarius and Justinian in 565. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book I. Introduction: 1. Christianity and paganism; 2. Influence of Christianity on society; 3. Elements of disintegration in the Roman empire; 4. The administration of the empire; 5. Constantinople; Book II. The House of Theodosius: 1. Rufinus and Eutropius; 2. The Germans in the East; 3. John Chrysostom; 4. Stilicho and Alaric; 5. Theodosius II and Marcian; 6. Beginnings of the dismemberment of the empire; 7. Invasions of the Huns; 8. The patrician Aetius; 9. The church in the fifth century; 10. Life and manners in the fifth century; 11. A glimpse of Hun life; Book III. The House of Leo the Great: 1. Leo I; 2. Ricimer the Patrician; 3. Zeno; 4. The Ostrogoths in Illyricum and Thrace; 5. Odovacar the Patrician and Theodoric the Patrician; 6. Anastasius I; 7. The Persian war; 8. Greek literature of the fifth century; Book IV, Part I. The House of Justin: 1. The reign of Justin I and the earlier years of Justinian's reign; 2. Justinian and Theodora; 3. The legal works of Justinian; 4. First Persian war (528-532 AD); 5. The reconquest of Africa and Italy; 6. The great plague; 7. The final conquest of Italy and the conquest of south-eastern Spain; 8 Second Persian war (540-545 AD); 9. The Lazic war (549-556 AD); 10 The later years of Justinian's reign.
