Byzantium Triumphant - The Military History of the Byzantines 959-1025, Julian Romane.

Byzantium Triumphant - The Military History of the Byzantines 959-1025, Julian Romane. 
 Looks at the military (and to a lesser extent political) history of Byzantium during the lifetime of Basil II Porphrogenitus (the Bulgar Slayer). Tells an interesting story that really brings Byzantine society alive, although perhaps at the cost of skating over some of the complexities of some of the sources Byzantine history. This was a period that saw Medieval Byzantium at its most powerful, despite the rather convoluted series of civil wars that dominate the first part of the book!
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