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Military Book Review Byzantium Triumphant: The Military History of the Byzantines, 959–1025


by Julian Romane
Barnsley, Eng.: Pen & Sword / Philadelphia: Casemate, 2020. Pp. xiv, 208+.
Illus., apppends., references, biblio., index. $29.95 paper. ISBN: 1526782006
The Apex of Byzantine Power
Between 959 and 1025 CE a series of exceptionally capable military and political leaders occupied the throne of the empire that we call “Byzantine,” but that its own Greek-speaking, Orthodox Christian people called “Romanía,” expressing their inheritance of the legacy of the Roman Empire. Under Nikephoros II Phokas (963-969), Ioannes (John) Tzimiskes (969-976), and Basil II (976-1025) the embattled empire launched a series of successful counter-offensives against the Muslim Abbasid Caliphate (750 - 1258 CE) to the east, and the First Bulgarian Empire (681 - 1018) CE in the Balkans. ....

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Military Book Review Theodosius and the Limits of Empire


by Mark Hebblewhite
New York: Routledge, 2020. Pp. xiv, 188.
Illus., maps, chron., appends., notes, biblio., index. $160.00. ISBN: 1138102989
The Problem of Empire in the Age of Theodosius “The Great”
“Depending on what source you read he was either a forgiving, benevolent, charitable, energetic, and courageous emperor who was diligent in his duties or a wrathful, indolent, and cruel tyrant, who was easily misled by those around him.” (p. 3)
The Roman Emperor Theodosius I, who ruled from 379 to 395 CE, is often labeled as “the Great,” to distinguish him from his long-reigning but ineffectual grandson, Theodosius II (402-450.) He is remembered mainly as a pious champion of Christian orthodoxy and a ferocious foe of classical paganism. By about the year 350, a majority of Romans professed at least nominal allegiance to some form of Christianity. After the death of the last pagan emperor Julian “the Apostate” in 363, Christ ....

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