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PREFACE. FIFTY vear.:; a~ro the word "R)'Zalltine " was used ~ ., a:; a synonym for all that \'as corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was dismisscc1 by modern historians as depressing and monotonous. The great Gibbon had branded the successors of Justinian and lIeraclius as a series of vicious weaklings, and for SC'cral gcnerations no one dared to contradict him. Two books ha'e served to undeceive the English reader, the monumenta.l work of Finlay, published ill I ~ 56, and the more 1l1Odcrn volumes of 1"1 r. Bury, which appeared ill 1889_ Since they ha'c writtell, the Byzantines no lon~er need an apologist, and the great vork or the' Eas.!-RumaILEmpire. in holdingback fhc Saracen, and in keeping aliye throll~hout the parK Ag.~tl.1e_J.amp Of le·arning,i:i..b.cgionjng to be realized. -the writer of thjs book has endeavoured to tell the story of Byzantium in the spirit of Finlay and Bury, not in that or Gibbon. 1 Ie wishes Table of Contents
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- Author
- Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781440072949
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Ancient History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (217 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
