Averil Cameron

This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, now covering the period 395-700 AD, provides both a detailed introduction to late antiquity and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Roman empire. Leading scholar Averil Cameron focuses on the changes and continuities in Mediterranean society as a whole before the Arab...

A renowned historian addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggesting why it is so important to integrate the civilisation into wider histories. Additionally, they lay out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods. Byzantine Matters challenges the reader to reconsider the...