Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, C.580-900 |
Contents
Foreword and acknowledgements | 7 |
Introduction | 52 |
the scholae | 119 |
Copyright | |
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Byzantine Empresses: Women and Power in Byzantium AD 527-1204 Lynda Garland No preview available - 2002 |