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Browning’s acclaimed biography of this extraordinary and enigmatic couple includes every aspect of imperial administration and policy. It is the story of a peasant's son who becomes emperor and enthrones a dissolute actress beside him.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Availability: In stock
SKU (ISBN): 1-59333-053-7
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Mar 13,2003
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 196
ISBN: 1-59333-053-7
$77.00

Browning’s acclaimed biography of this extraordinary and enigmatic couple includes every aspect of imperial administration and policy. It is the story of a peasant's son who becomes emperor and enthrones a dissolute actress beside him.

Browning’s acclaimed biography of this extraordinary and enigmatic couple includes every aspect of imperial administration and policy. It is the story of a peasant's son who becomes emperor and enthrones a dissolute actress beside him.

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Robert Browning

  • Preface
  • Genealogical Tables
  • Introduction
  • The path to power
  • The men around Justinian
  • Roman law and riot
  • Hagia Sophia and the reconquest of africa
  • Belisarius in Italy
  • The years of hope deferred
  • The bitter fruits of victory
  • Emperor and Pope
  • The final years
  • Epilogue
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