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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...

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 The...