The Byzantine Achievement
AXIOS PRSivumäärä: 364 sivuaAsu: Pehmeäkantinen kirjaPainos: 12th ed.Julkaisuvuosi: 2010, 01.05.2010 (lisätietoa)Kieli: Englanti Robert Byron believed that the summit of ancient Greek civilization was not to be found in 5th century B.C.E. Athens, but in post-classical Byzantium, also called Constantinople by the Romans. Byzantine civilization was truly glorious, as we see by looking through Byron's fresh eyes. Byron was a brilliant writer and dashing figure whose life was cut short in WWII. The introduction is by Richard Luckett, Byron's biographer.