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Byzantium : the apogee

by John Julius Norwich

This second volume of a trilogy chronicles the history of the Byzantine Empire from the coronation of Charlemagne in AD 800 to the accession of Alexius Comnenus in 1081. It details the political and social shifts of the Roman Empire's eastern capital.

Accession 12032 ISBN 0670802522 Publisher Viking
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