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PublisherCooper Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN-100815412177
ISBN-139780815412175
eBay Product ID (ePID)2264787
Product Key Features
Book TitleJustinian : the Last Roman Emporer
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAncient / Rome, Byzantine Empire, Historical
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorG. P. Baker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.1 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width7.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-276805
ReviewsMr. Baker writes with a light and graceful touch. He does not hesitate to slip into slang and to use modern imagery to enforce his conviction that there is nothing so modern as the problems of the ancient world…. It is this that lifts Justinian out of the ordinary run of biography., Mr. Baker writes with a light and graceful touch. He does not hesitate to slip into slang and to use modern imagery to enforce his conviction that there is nothing so modern as the problems of the ancient world . It is this that lifts Justinian out of the ordinary run of biography., Mr. Baker writes with a light and graceful touch. He does not hesitate to slip into slang and to use modern imagery to enforce his conviction that there is nothing so modern as the problems of the ancient world.... It is this that lifts Justinian out of the ordinary run of biography.
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisExamines how Emperor Justinian (482-565 A.D.) and his wife, Empress Theodora, both infamous, he for corruption and she for sexual depravity, fought revolts, riots, intrigues, and plots in an attempt to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory and to its former boundaries., Infamous for corruption during his reign and for his marriage to the sexually voracious empress Theodora, Justinian lived in a remarkable age that saw the ascendancy of Constantinople and numerous wars around the Roman Empire's eastern borders., Justinian (482-565 A.D.), who ruled the Roman Empire from his capital in Constantinople, was, along with his wife Empress Theodora, one of the most scandalous monarchs in history. During his reign, Justinian oversaw the construction of the Hagia Sophia, one of the wonders of the ancient world, and he strove to maintain Rome's territories. Yet despite the heights reached under his rule, the time was one of revolts, intrigues, and brutality to his subjects. Baker's biography takes a redemptive view of Justinian and his wife, both of whom were vilified by the chronicler Procopius, he for his despotism and she for her endless sexual escapades. Baker points out that Justinian also codified Roman law and brought other modern solutions to the problems that had plagued his empire for years. Baker also describes the battles of Justinian's famous general Belisarius, who waged successful wars against the Vandals, Goths, and Persians on behalf of his emperor.
LC Classification NumberDF572.B34 2002
