A synopsis of Byzantine history: 811-1057/

Main Author: Σκυλίτζης, Ιωάννης, ανθ. 1081
Other Authors: Cheynet, Jean-Claude, Flusin, Bernard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Edition:3rd pr. 2011
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Introduction: John Skylitzes, the author, and his family / Jean-Claude Cheynet
  • Re-writing history : John Skylitzes's Synopsis historion / Bernard Flusin
  • Foreword
  • Michael I, Rangabe, the Kouropalates (811-813)
  • Leo V, the Armenian (813-820)
  • Michael II, the stammerer (820-829)
  • Theophilos (829-842)
  • Michael III, the son of Theophilos (842-867), and his mother Theodora (842-862)
  • Basil I Kephalas, the Macedonian (867-886)
  • Leo VI, the Philosopher (the Wise) (886-912)
  • Alexander (912-913)
  • Constantine VII, Porphyrogennetos (913-959)
  • Romanos I, Lekapenos (919-944)
  • Constantine VII (944-959)
  • Romanos II, the Younger (959-963)
  • Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025)
  • Nikephoros II, Phokas (963-969)
  • John I, Tzimiskes (969-976)
  • Basil II and Constantine VIII, bis (976-1025)
  • Constantine VIII (1025-1028)
  • Romanos III, Argyros (1028-1034)
  • Michael IV, the Paphlagonian (1034-1041)
  • Michael V, Kalaphates
  • Constantine IX, Monomachos (1042-1055)
  • Theodora (1055-1056)
  • Michael VI, the Elder/Stratiotikos (1056-1057).