The Byzantine Republic: People and Power in New Rome

by Anthony Kaldellis (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2015

  $44.73

  Scholars have long claimed that the Eastern Roman Empire, a Christian theocracy, bore little resemblance to ancient Rome. Here, Anthony Kaldellis reconnects Byzantium to its Roman roots, arguing that it was essentially a republic, with power exercised on behalf of, and sometimes by, Greek-speaking citizens who considered themselves fully Roman.