The early byzantine historians
- ISBN: 9781403934581
- Editorial: Palgrave MacMillan
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: Basingstoke. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 431
- Idiomas: Inglés
"The Early Byzantine Historians" is the first original study of every significant Byzantine historian from Eusebius of Caesarea (c.255-339) to Theophylact Simocatta (c.585-after 641). Written for general readers as well as professional scholars, and filled with new discoveries and interpretations, the book presents a remarkable portrait gallery of forty historians who were gifted writers, incisive thinkers, engaging personalities, or all three at once. Individually and as a group, these authors had a decisive influence on Byzantine culture and modern perceptions of Byzantine history.