To: Nikas777; SunkenCiv
Thanks for the post. I've been fascinated with the Byzantine world for a long time. It's the classic lost world that at one time was so powerful and influential. I suspect that much of the learning moderns are so anxious to claim came from the Muslims actually came from the Byzantines.
I'm anxious to read this. Most of what I've read is a fairly dry political history of the major rulers. It sounds like the author brings that old world back to life and puts it in the context of its time.
34 posted on
08/21/2009 11:17:15 AM PDT by
colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
The History Channel did a miniseries of sorts, “Engineering An Empire”, which has an episode on Constantinople, which includes a segment about Basil the Bulgar Slayer.
39 posted on
08/21/2009 2:58:59 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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