A History of the Later Roman Empire 2 Volume Set - Cambridge Library Collection - Classics

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Marc Notes: 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 until 565, and Volume 2 from 565 to 803. Brief Description: This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from the division of the empire in 395 to 800. Table of Contents: Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 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 (572 591 AD); 4. Slaves and Avars in Illyricum and Thrace; 5. The Lombards in Italy; 6. The empire and the Franks; 7. The language of the Romaioi in the sixth century; 8. Literature of the sixth century; Book V. The House of Heraclius: 1. Phocas; 2. Heraclius (610 622 AD); 3. The Persian war; 4. Monotheletism; 5. Literature in the reign of Heraclius; 6. Dismemberment of the empire by the Saracens; 7. The Slavonic settlements in Illyricum and Thrace; 8. Constans II; 9. Constantine IV; 10. Justinian II; 11. Foundation of the Bulgarian kingdom; 12. Origin of the system of themes; 13. Twenty years of anarchy; 14. Social and religious decay in the seventh century; Book VI. The House of Leo the Isaurian: 1. The repulse of the Saracens; 2. The administration of Leo III; 3. The iconoclastic movement; 4. Imperial Italy in the eighth century; 5. Constantine V; 6. Iconoclastic policy of Constantine; 7. Bulgaria; 8. Leo IV; 9. Constantine VI and Irene; 10. The reaction against iconoclasm; 11. The popes, the Lombards, and the Franks; 12. The geographical aspect of Europe at the end of the eighth century; 13. Society in the eighth century; 14. Conclusion; Index."

Contributor Bio:  Bury, John Bagnell John Bagnell Bury (16 October 1861 - 1 June 1927), known as J. B. Bury, was an Irish historian, classical scholar, Byzantinist and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his Later Roman Empire.