Timothy E. Gregory is Professor of Byzantine History at Ohio State University where he is also Adjunct Professor of Anthropology. He is the author of Vox Populi (1979), Isthmia V. The Fortress and the Hexamilion (1993), The Corinthia in the Roman Period (1993), archaeology editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), and Director of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia (Greece).

• List of Figures viiList of Maps xList of Boxes xiPreface to the Second Edition xivPreface to the First Edition xvi Introduction 11 The Crisis of the Third Century 232 The Revival under Diocletian 363 The Age of Constantine the Great 494 The Fourth Century: Constantius II to Theodosios I 725 The Fifth Century 1036 The Age of Justinian 1297 The Byzantine "Dark Ages": Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries 1608 The Isaurian Dynasty and Iconoclasm 1989 Continued Struggle over Ikons 22010 The Beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty 24211 The Apogee of Byzantine Power 26512 The Komnenoi 29013 The Aftermath of the Fourth Crusade 33014 The Beginnings of Decline 34715 The End of the Empire 38316 Byzantium after the Fall of the City 401Glossary 421General Bibliography 428A Selection of Primary Sources in English Translation 435List of Byzantine Rulers 438Comparative Chronology 444Electronic Resources 448Index 451