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Justinian's Indecision How Social Networks Shaped Imperial Policy
By Joshua Powell Reexamines Justinian's ecclesiastical policy. Since the time of Eduard Schwartz, scholars have tended to treat ecclesiastical policy under the influence of Justinian as inconsistent and even capricious. To this day Justinian is depicted as a pragmatist, ready to support different and even contradictory confessions in an effort to see the unity of his Empire. This book argues that such an image of Justinian, although seeming to provide a coherent narrative concerning the emperor’s character, falls apart when the details of each of these episodes are scrutinised.
GO RG IA S S T U D I ES I N C LASSICAL AN D LAT E AN T IQU IT Y | GORGIAS PR E SS Hardback • 9781463242275 • £88.00 • February 2021 282 pages • 152 x 229 mm
Mehmet the Conqueror and Constantinople: An Ottoman Vision of Empire By Christopher Eimer Explores the significance of a bronze relief of Mehmet the Conqueror. The fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453 heralded the dawn of the early modern period and bring universal recognition to the man forever known as Mehmet the Conqueror, or Sultan Mehmet II (1432-1481); who at the age of twenty-one had brought the millennium-old Byzantine empire to an end. Little material evidence has survived from the formative period of Mehmet's life, and so the circular portrait relief of the sultan discussed in this book is of great interest.
S P INK B OOK S Hardback • 9781912667666 • £20.00 • July 2021 64 pages • 210 x 297 mm
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran A joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handcraft and Tourism Organisation and the Universities of Edinburgh and Durham (2014-2016)
Edited by Eberhard Sauer (University of Edinburgh), Jebrael Nokandeh (National Museum of Iran) and Hamid Omrani Rekavandi Explores the role of Iranian fortresses on the Romano-Persian frontier. Which ancient army boasted the largest fortifications, and how did the competitive build-up of military capabilities shape world history? Imperial Rome had a serious competitor in Late Antiquity. Using recent excavations in Iran, this book throws the sheer magnitude of Sasanian military infrastructure into sharp relief. OX BOW B OOK S Hardback • 9781789254624 • £80.00 • October 2021 864 pages • 210 x 297 mm • colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789254631
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