History of the Later Roman Empire

Volume 2

Bibliographic Data

ID23497098
AuthorsJohn Bagnell Bury
Year2015
Publication date2015-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHistory of the Later Roman Empire : Volume 2 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781316219133
ISBN9781316219133
Open LibraryOL34722848M
LanguageEN
Citations received22

The classical historian J. B. Bury (1861–1927) was the author of a history of Greece which was a standard textbook for over a century. He also wrote on later periods, and, in this two-volume work of 1889, examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. Arguing for the underlying continuity of the Roman empire from the time of Augustus until 1453, Bury nevertheless begins his account in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts, and Constantinople began to take on the metropolitan role formerly held by Rome. Volume 2, after reviewing Justinian's legacy, takes the history down from the accession of Justin II to the death of Irene in 803. Topics examined include civil strife, including the period of iconoclasm, and the increasing problems of maintaining the imperial borders against incursions from both east and west.