A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities

A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190625945


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A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities will reinforce these old prejudices, while also stimulating a deeper interest among readers in one of history's most interesting civilizations. Many of the zanier tales and trivia that are collected here revolve around the political and religious life of Byzantium.


A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Anthony Kaldellis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities will reinforce these old prejudices, while also stimulating a deeper interest among readers in one of history's most interest
A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Anthony Kaldellis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big
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Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: J. C. McKeown
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Here is a whimsical and captivating collection of odd facts, strange beliefs, outlandish opinions, and other highly amusing trivia of the ancient Romans. We ten
A Cabinet of Greek Curiosities
Language: en
Pages: 303
Authors: J. C. McKeown
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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A miscellany of odd stories and facts about the ancient Greeks, demonstrating how much they were--and were not--like us.
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Language: en
Pages: 441
Authors: Anthony Kaldellis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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In the second half of the tenth century, Byzantium embarked on a series of spectacular conquests: first in the southeast against the Arabs, then in Bulgaria, an