TY - BOOK ID - 8851699 TI - From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565 : the transformation of ancient Rome PY - 2013 SN - 9780748627912 074862791X 9780748627905 0748627901 0748631755 1299105807 PB - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 284-565. KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Byzantine Empire. KW - Byzantinisches Reich. KW - Rome (Empire). KW - Rome KW - Römisches Reich. KW - History KW - History.--eflch KW - Rome--History--Empire 284-476. KW - Byzantine Empire--History--Justinian I 527-565. KW - History.--eflch. KW - Empire byzantin KW - Histoire KW - Ancient, Rome. KW - Byzantine Empire -- History -- Justinian I, 527-565. KW - Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8851699 AB - Outlines the significant developments in the period AD 363 to 565These centuries witnessed a number of momentous changes in the character of the Roman empire. Most obviously, control of the west was lost during the fifth century, and although parts of the west were reconquered in the sixth century, the empire's centre of gravity had shifted irrevocably to the east, with its focal point now the city of Constantinople. Equally important was the increasing dominance of Christianity not only in religious life, but also in politics, society and culture. A. D. Lee charts these and other significant ER -