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The Byzantine Wars. (Reviews). (book review)

History Today,  December, 2001  by Stephenson, Paul

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The Byzantine Wars Battles and Campaigns of the Byzantine Era

John Haldon

Tempus 160 pp. 19.99 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0-7524-1777-0

THREE BOOKS, THREE TARGET AUDIENCES, one thousand-year empire. The appearance of three inexpensive, reader-friendly texts concerned with the medieval East Roman, or Byzantine, Empire reflects a growing interest in this remarkable and enduring culture. Byzantium was, in Michael Angold's words, the bridge between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. But it was more than that, remaining the most powerful Christian power in medieval Europe ...

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