Rulers of the Byzantine Empire

Download or read book Rulers of the Byzantine Empire written by Kibea and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the millennium-long history of Byzantium as reflected in the dramatic life of the most remarkable Byzantine emperors from Constantine the Great to Constantine XI Paleologus. An informative text and splendid illustrations revive the leading personalities and the key events that determined the lot of the Byzantine Empire, which is believed to have been the best governed medieval state. A fascinating narrative of the glory and the fall of Byzantium, 'the second Rome' that inherited the power of the Roman state system and maintained for centuries the myth of itself as the 'eternal empire'.