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"Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, the remarkable era of the Emperor Justinian (527-568) dominated the Mediterranean region. Famous for his conquests in Italy and North Africa, and for the creation of spectacular monuments such as the Hagia Sophia, his reign was also marked by global religious conflict within the Christian world and an outbreak of plague that some have compared to the Black Death. For many historians, Justinian is far more than an anomaly of Byzantine ambition between the eras of Attila and Muhammad; he is the causal link that binds together the two moments of Roman imperial collapse. Determined to reverse the losses Rome suffered in the fifth century, Justinian unleashed an aggressive campaign in the face of tremendous adversity, not least the plague. A briskly paced narrative by a master historian, Rome Resurgent promises to introduce readers to this captivating and unjustly overlooked chapter in ancient warfare."-- This book offers a fundamentally new interpretation of his conquest policy and its overall strategic effect, which has often been seen as imperial overreach, making the regime vulnerable to the Islamic takeover of its richest territories in the seventh century and thus transforming the great Roman Empire of Late Antiquity into its pale shadow of the Middle Ages. In Rome Resurgent, historian Peter Heather draws heavily upon contemporary sources, including the writings of Procopius, the principal historian of the time, while also recasting that author's narrative by bringing together new perspectives based on a wide array of additional source material. A huge body of archaeological evidence has become available for the sixth century, providing entirely new means of understanding the overall effects of Justinian's war policies. Building on his own distinguished work on the Vandals, Goths, and Persians, Heather also gives much fuller coverage to Rome's enemies than Procopius ever did.

HISTORY / Europe / Greece. --- Justinian --- 527-565. --- Byzantine Empire --- Byzantine Empire. --- History --- History, Military.

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Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Civilization --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Justinian I, 527-565 --- Justinianus --- Flavius Justinianus --- Petrus Sabbatius --- Sabbatius, Petrus --- Justinianus, Flavius --- Byzantine Empire - History - Justinian I, 527-565 --- Justinien I (empereur d'Orient), 0482-0565

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The Histories

-Goths --- Goths --- Goths in Italy --- Byzantine Empire --- History --- -Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- Histoire --- Goths - Italy --- Byzantine Empire - History - Justinian I, 527-565

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Rome --- Italy --- Italie --- History --- Politics and government --- Social life and customs. --- Civilization. --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Civilisation --- Byzantine Empire --- Europe --- Empire, 284-476 --- To 527 --- Justinian I, 527-565 --- Empire byzantin --- 284-476 (Bas-Empire) --- Jusqu'à 527 --- 527-565 (Justinien I)

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Presenting new literary and historical interpretations of the sixth-century writer Procopius of Caesarea, the major historian of Justinian's reign, this volume aims to encourage dialogue and collaboration between international scholars. Although scholarship on Procopius has flourished since 2004, when the last monograph in English on Procopius was published, there has not been a collection of essays on the subject since 2000. Work on Procopius since 2004 has been surveyed by Geoffrey Greatrex in his international bibliography; Peter Sarris has revised the 1966 Penguin Classics translation of, and introduced, Procopius' Secret History (2007); and Anthony Kaldellis has edited, translated and introduced Procopius' Secret History, with related texts (2010), and has recently revised and modernised H.B. Dewing's Loeb translation of Procopius' Wars as The Wars of Justinian in 2014. This volume capitalises on the renaissance in Procopius-related studies by showcasing recent work on Procopius in all its diversity and vibrancy. It offers approaches that shed new light on Procopius' texts by comparing them with a variety of relevant textual sources. In particular, the volume pays close attention to the text and examines what it achieves as a literary work and what it says as an historical product.

Historians --- History --- Historians. --- Historiography. --- General --- Procopius --- Procopius. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 527-565. --- Byzantine Empire --- Byzantine Empire. --- Greece. --- Historiography --- 527-565 --- Prokopiĭ, --- Procope, --- Prokopios, --- Prokop, --- Procopius, --- Prokopi, --- Procopio --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Procope --- Procopius Caesariensis --- Procope de Césarée --- Prokopios