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Byzantine Empire Books

Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Byzantium: The Early Centuries
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
Byzantium: The Apogee
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora
1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
A Short History of Byzantium
Anna of Byzantium
Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade
The Alexiad
History of the Byzantine State
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
Fourteen Byzantine Rulers: The Chronographia of Michael Psellus (Penguin Classics)
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore (Empress Theodora, #1)
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The Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellHild by Nicola GriffithThe Crystal Cave by Mary StewartZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad Akreyi
Fiction set in 5th to 10th centuries
174 books — 85 voters
Byzantium by Stephen R. LawheadThe Vevellis Chronicles by Zack VarkarisWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergTheodora by Stella DuffyThe Secret History by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Byzantium Empire - Fiction
89 books — 63 voters

A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren TreadgoldWarfare, State And Society In The Byzantine World 565-1204 by John F. HaldonHistory of the Byzantine State by George OstrogorskyByzantium in the Iconoclast Era, c. 680-850 by Leslie BrubakerStudies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450 by Michael F. Hendy
All Byzantium
37 books — 4 voters
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel KayLord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel KayThe Jewel of Corlivo by Kathleen Carr FosterThe Misplaced Legion by Harry TurtledoveAn Emperor for the Legion by Harry Turtledove
Byzantine Fantasy.
87 books — 7 voters

History of the Ancient World by Gregory S. AldreteA Short History of Byzantium by John Julius NorwichSocieties, Networks, and Transitions by Craig A. LockardThe Mycenaean World by John ChadwickMinoans by J. Lesley Fitton
History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective Suggested Reading
143 books — 13 voters

Quotes Tagged “Byzantine Empire”

Carol Strickland
“ Here’s her story, a tale of the bear-keeper’s daughter and the Empire: what happened to her and what happened because of her. ”
― Carol Strickland, The Eagle and the Swan
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Nicetas Choniates
“ And should there exist someone endowed with the beauty of a statue and the lyrical eloquence of a nightingale in song, gifted, moreover, with ready wit, then the wearer of the crown can neither sleep nor rest, but his sleep is interrupted, his voluptuousness suppressed, his appetite for pleasure lost, and he is filled with grave apprehensions; with wicked tongue he curses the creator nature for fashioning others suitable to rule and for not making him the first and last and the fairest of men. ”
― Niketas Choniates, O City of Byzantium: Annals of Niketas Choniates
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