Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe
The Emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. At his capital in Constantinople, he built the world's most beautiful building, married its most powerful empress, and wrote its most...
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The Emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. At his capital in Constantinople, he built the world's most beautiful building, married its most powerful empress, and wrote its most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's fortunes for the next five hundre
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780224073691 (0224073699)
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Science,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Health,
Medical,
Medicine,
European History,
Illness,
Disease,
Historical