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THE BYZANTINES


OTHER BOOKS ABOUT
MAJOR CULTURES OF THE WORLD



THE SUN KINGDOM OF THE AZTECS
by Victor W. von Hagen

THE ARABS
by Harry B. Ellis


THE BYZANTINES
BY THOMAS CALDECOT CHUBB
ILLUSTRATED BY Richard M. Powers


Byzantine people


THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY

CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK


Published by The World Publishing Company
2231 West 110th Street, Cleveland 2, Ohio

Published simultaneously in Canada by
Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-5919


COWP
Copyright © 1959 by Thomas Caldecot Chubb
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced inany form without written permission from the publisher, exceptfor brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaperor magazine. Printed in the United States of America.


For Rosamond Caldecot Chubb


CONTENTS

A Crusade That Went Astray13
Byzantium, Crossroads of the World22
The Roman Empire and Constantinople39
The Holy Augustus46
A Roman Army on Horseback58
One Religion, One Church68
Golden Bezants81
The Byzantine Way of Life93
Last Days of the Empire107
CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF THEBYZANTINE EMPIRE AND WORLD EVENTS117
BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING123
INDEX AND GLOSSARY...

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