From Justinian to Branimir

Danijel Džino is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His publications include Becoming Slav, Becoming Croat: Identity Transformations in Post-Roman Dalmatia (2010) and Illyricum in Roman Politics, 229BC-AD 68 (2010).

• Introduction 1. Dalmatia in time and space 2 "An Old Woman’s Summer": A glimpse into late antique Dalmatia 3. "Winter is Coming": Signs of deeper social changes in sixth century Dalmatia 4. The Collapse of Byzantine Dalmatia 5. After the Apocalypse: Dalmatia after 620 6. Clash of the Empires and the Treaty of Aachen (775-812) 7. Tempora domini Brannimero Conclusion

'Altogether, From Justinian to Branimir is a detail-rich and well-researched book' - Verdan Sulovsky, SPECULUM.'Danijel Džino has produced an impressive work that will satisfy its readers no matter if they agree or not with his argument. It is a must-read for scholars of Adriatic matters' - Early Medieval Europe, 2025 (33/4).‘This is an essential contribution … to the understanding of the beginnings of the early medieval period on the territory of the former province of Dalmatia and the ensuing Croatian Kingdom’ - Dubrovnik Annals 26.