New Rome and the New Romans
Government and the social order
From Christian nation to Roman religion
The first Christian emperors (324-361)
Competing religions of empire (337-364)
Toward an independent east (364-395)
City and desert: Cultures old and new
The political class ascendant (395-441)
Barbarian terrors and military mobilization (441-491)
Political consolidation and religious polarization (491-518)
Chalcedonian repression and the eastern axis (518-531)
The Sleepless Emperor (527-540)
"Death has entered our gates" (540-565)
The cost of overextension (565-602)
The great war with Persia (602-630)
Commanders of the Faithful (632-644)
Holding the line (641-685)
Life and taxes among the ruins
An empire of outposts (685-717)
The lion and the dragon (717-775)
Reform and consolidation (775-815)
Growing confidence (815-867)
A new David and Solomon (867-912)
A game of crowns (912-950)
The triumph of Roman arms (950-1025)
A brief hegemony (1025-1048)
The end of Italy and the east (1048-1081)
Komnenian crisis management (1081-1118)
Good John and the Sun King (1118-1180)
Disintegration and betrayal (1180-1204)
"A new France": Colonial occupation
Romans west and Romans east (1204-1261)
Union with Rome and Roman Disunity (1261-1282)
Territorial retrenchment and cultural innovation (1282-1328)
Military failure and mystical solace (1328-1354)
The noose tightens (1354-1402)
The cusp of a new world (1402-1461)
State revenues and payments to foreign groups, fifth-seventh centuries list of emperors
