The Byzantine Empire was almost always ready to fight, and often fought for its life. During much of its history its provinces were military districts called themes, and acclamation by the army, not coronation or inheritance, was what...

"A History of the Byzantine State and Society" von Warren T. Treadgold bietet eine umfassende Darstellung der byzantinischen Geschichte von der Gründung Konstantinopels im Jahr 330 bis zum Fall des Byzantinischen Reiches im Jahr 1453....