From the Book - 1st Vintage Books ed.
pt. 1: The early centuries. Constantine the great [to 337]
Julian the Apostate [337-63]
The Empire at bay [363-95]
The fall of the West [395-493]
The rise of Justinian [493-540]
Justinian : the last years [540-65]
The first crusader [565-641]
The Heraclian line [641-711]
pt. 2: The apogee. The images restored [802-56]
Of patriarchs and plots [857-67]
The Macedonian and the sage [867-912]
The gentle usurper [912-48]
The Scholar emperor [945-63]
The tale of two generals [963-76]
The Bulgar-slayer [976-1025]
The decline begins [1025-55]
pt. 3: The decline and fall. Alexius Comnenus [1081-1118]
John the Beautiful [1118-43]
Manuel Comnenus [1143-80]
The Fourth Crusade [1180-1205]
Exile and homecoming [1205-61]
The Angevin threat [1261-82]
The two Andronici [1282-1341]
The reluctant emperor [1341-91]
The Sultan's vassal [1354-91]
The appeal to Europe [1391-1448]