The Byzantine Empire : the rearguard of European civilization

Front Cover

Sancta Sophia, Constantinople

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna (Interior)

Eastern Empire, A.D. 565

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Mosaic of Theodora

Church of Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna (Interior)

Column of the Serpents, Constantinople

The Walls of Constantinople from the Seven Towers

The Golden Gate, Constantinople

San Vitale, Mosaic of Constantine V.

Sarcophagus in S. Apolliniae in Classe

Title Page

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna

St. Irene, Constantinople

Byzantine Coins

Eastern Empire, A.D. 800

Galleries in Sancta Sophia, Constantinople

Byzantine Ornaments

The Choice of Theophilus'

Church of The Twelve Apostles, Thessalonica

A Capital in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna

Eastern Empire, A.D. 959

Justinian Triumphant (Ivory)

The Taurus Mountains near Adana

The Walls of Antioch

Eastern Empire, A.D. 1025

Silk Brocade

The Marble Tower, Constantinople

Palace of the Porphyrogenitus, Constantinople

Sancta Sophia (Interior), Constantinople

Eastern Empire, A.D. 1180

Harbour of Bucoleon, Constantinople

The Bosphorus and Castle of Europe, Constantinople

Principal Greek Colonies, 800-600 B.C.

The Pempton Gate, Constantinople

Medallions of Justinian I. and John VII.

Eastern Roman Sovereigns from A.D. 395

Eastern Roman Sovereigns - Continued.

The Polyarchy

I. The House of Theodosius

II. The Dardanian House

III. The Heracliads

IV. The Isaurians

V. The Amorians and Macedonians

The Triple Wall of Constantinople from outside

VI. The Comnenoi, Dukai, Angeloi, and Palaeologoi

Back Cover

Part of Ivory Diptych of a Roman Consul, A.D. 518

The Roman Empire, A.D. 395

Ivory of the Empress Eudocia

Theodora Imperatrix'