The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian

ThisbookintroducestheAgeofJustinian,thelastRomancenturyandthefirstfloweringofByzantineculture.DominatedbythepoliciesandpersonalityofemperorJustinianI(527–565),thisperiodofgrandachievementsandfar-reachingfailureswitnessedthetransformationoftheMediterraneanworld.Inthisvolume,twentyspecialistsexplorethemostimportantaspectsoftheageincludingthemechanicsandtheoryofempire,warfare,urbanism,andeconomy.Italsodiscussestheimpactofthegreatplague,thecodificationofRomanlaw,andthemanyreligiousupheavalstakingplaceatthetime.Considerationisgiventoimperialrelationswiththepapacy,northernbarbarians,thePersians,andothereasternpeoples,sheddingnewlightonadramaticandhighlysignificanthistoricalperiod.