Historical Dictionary of Byzantium

The Byzantine Empire is often overlooked by Western scholars as an offshoot of Greco-Roman tradition, an Eastern empire of little significance to Western European tradition. Find out more about the Byzantine Empire-its beginnings, development, and fall are all summarized here in this comprehensive resource. Highlights: o Significant people (emperors, church leaders, generals, writers, etc.) o Events (wars, sieges, coups, councils and treaties) o Economics o Art o Religion