Histoire du Bas-Empire. Tome 01

Offering a sweeping yet readable account of the Roman world after the age of Constantine, this volume maps the transition from a unified empire to the intricate tapestry of the Byzantine state. Drawing on the surviving Greek and Latin chronicles, legal writings, and a trove of Eastern testimonies in Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Persian and Turkish, the author weaves together political events, military campaigns and cultural currents that shaped the late empire.

The narrative is organized chronologically, guiding the listener through successive reigns while highlighting the shifting relationships between imperial courts and neighboring peoples. By presenting the often terse Byzantine sources alongside their later medieval interpreters, the book clarifies confusing name variations and geographic references. Listeners will come away with a solid grounding in the era’s key figures and the forces that carried Roman heritage into a new age, all delivered in a clear, systematic style.