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John II Komnenos was born into an empire on the brink of destruction, with his father Alexios barely preserving the empi
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The dramatic story of Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggles at the age of nineteen, proc
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Examines Fletcher’s Roman plays and identifies disorientation as the unifying principle of his portrayal of imperial Rom
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In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. Yet by the end of h
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The new s.elp Pocket Commentaries are reduced to essential information on current legal developments. With these short a
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City of Saints explores how Byzantine Rome naturalized saints from throughout the Mediterranean world to build a new sac
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In The Horoscope of Emperor Baldwin II Filip Van Tricht presents a microstudy of political, social and cultural life in
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'[Mary Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote' Sunday Times'Br
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