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Product Description: This volume is the second in a series on Byzantine Studies. These papers cover topics such as: Constantine and Justinian - propaganda in the seventh century; Constantine the Great in Macedonian historiography; politics and rhetoric in the late tenth century; and Byzantium in the 11th century...read more

Product Description: The way people see the past tells us much about their present interests and about their sense of identity. This book examines both what men of the day knew about their past, and in particular about the Roman Empire, and shows how such knowledge was used to authenticate claims and attitudes...read more