This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised <i>A History of Byzantium</i> covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. <ul><li><div>Expands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence</div><li><div>Includes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography</div><li><div>Incorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies</div><li><div>Demonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society</div><li><div>Situates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes<br></div></ul>