02-13-2009, 06:15 AM
The three-volume set will not take you very long. His prose is excellent and you won't want to put it down!
While we are on the topic of surveys, A.H.M. Jones' two-volume work, The Later Roman Empire, is still the best for the given time period in my opinion. A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold is great. A lot of Byzantinists dog his work because, apparently, he is a huge jerk. But it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey.
While we are on the topic of surveys, A.H.M. Jones' two-volume work, The Later Roman Empire, is still the best for the given time period in my opinion. A History of the Byzantine State and Society by Warren Treadgold is great. A lot of Byzantinists dog his work because, apparently, he is a huge jerk. But it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey.
John Baker
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
