Includes bibliographical references and index.

The crisis of the third century -- The revival under Diocletian -- The age of Constantine the Great -- The fourth century : Constantius II to Theodosios I -- The fifth century -- The age of Justinian -- The Byzantine "Dark Ages" : late sixth and seventh centuries -- The Isaurian Dynasty and iconoclasm -- Continued struggle over ikons -- The beginnings of the Macedonian Dynasty -- The apogee of Byzantine power -- The Komnenoi -- The aftermath of the Fourth Crusade -- The beginnings of decline -- The end of the Empire -- Byzantium after the fall of the city.