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By J. B. Bury

Generally stated to be Professor Bury’s masterpiece, this panoramic and painstakingly exact reconstruction of the Western and Byzantine Roman empire covers the interval from 395 A.D., the dying of Theodosius I, to 565 A.D., the demise of Justinian. Quoting modern records in complete or in nice quantity, the writer describes and analyzes the forces and cross-currents that managed Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, the Persian and Teutonic areas; the increase of Byzantine strength, territorial growth, clash of church and kingdom, legislative and diplomatic adjustments; and rankings of comparable topics.
Detailed assurance of such vital figures as Belisarius, Justinian, Procopius, Alaric, Attila, and so forth is given in addition to a whole modern account of a trip to Attila’s courtroom. The Vandal empire, the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Lombards, etc., are given wide remedy. Professor Bury investigates the literary, cultural, and spiritual heritage of the interval in nice element and relates it to the association and improvement of the japanese and Western empires and the diffusion of Byzantine tradition into Italy.
“An vital and invaluable contribution to our wisdom of a interval the historical past of which has been an excessive amount of neglected.” — Classical Review.

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