Empire That Would Not Die Haldon Professor John
Empire That Would Not Die Haldon Professor John The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. Surrounded by enemies, ravaged by warfare and disease, the…
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Empire That Would Not Die Haldon Professor John
The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. Surrounded by enemies, ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Only a century later, it was a fraction of its former size.
In this holistic analysis, John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the eastern Roman Empire to survive against all odds into the eighth century.By 700 CE the empire had lost three-quarters of its territory to the Islamic caliphate. Yet it did not die. But the rugged geography of its remaining territories in Anatolia and the Aegean was strategically advantageous, preventing enemies from permanently occupying imperial towns and cities while leaving them vulnerable to Roman counterattacks.
The more the empire shrank, the more it became centered around the capital of Constantinople, whose ability to withstand siege after siege proved
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