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This book celebrates one of the foremost living Byzantinists, Paul Magdalino, consisting of chapters written by peers, friends and former students on subjects reflecting his own specialisms and diverse interests…
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Shaun Tougher
The figure of Julian demands the attention of historians. As the last pagan Roman Emperor, he provides a focus for studying the religious transformations that were taking place in the…
Covering the span of the history of the empire, from the 4th to the 15th centuries AD, this book presents a survey of the history and roles of eunuchs, and…
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First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The volume fills a need in the field and the market, and also brings new and cutting edge approaches to the study of the Byzantine emperor.
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Professor Shaun Tougher (University of Cardiff, UK)
New perspectives on the eunuchs of the Roman Empire.
The study of the family is one of the major lacunas in Byzantine Studies. Angeliki Laiou remarked in 1989 that ‘the study of the Byzantine family is still in its…
Considers the ideals and realities of generalship across the Greek, Roman and Byzantine worlds.
The traditional concentration on the historically renowned figures of Constantine and Julian is understandable but comes at a significant price: the neglect of the period between the death of Constantine…
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious…
