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Anthony Kaldellis

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Ph.D. University of Michigan, Department of History (2001)
Anthony Kaldellis’ research explores the history, culture, and literature of the east Roman empire from antiquity to the fifteenth century. An earlier phase of it focused on the reception of ancient Hellenic culture, for example on how authors conceived their projects in relation to classical models (Procopius of Caesarea, 2004), as well as the history of identities (Hellenism in Byzantium, 2007), monuments (The Christian Parthenon, 2009), and genres (Ethnography after Antiquity, 2013). A second phase brought to light the enduring Roman matrices of Byzantine life and thought, focusing on its political sphere (The Byzantine Republic, 2015) and ethnic identities (Romanland: Ethnicity a ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 1,928 ratings · 296 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade 4.23 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium 4.60 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire 4.08 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Byzantine Republic: People and Power in New Rome 4.38 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Romanland: Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium 4.35 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Byzantium Unbound 4.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hellenism in Byzantium: The Transformations of Greek Identity and the Reception of the Classical Tradition 4.27 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethnography After Antiquity: Foreign Lands and Peoples in Byzantine Literature 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Procopius of Caesarea: Tyranny, History, and Philosophy at the End of Antiquity really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“ambitious men pretending that they did not want the object of their desire.”
― Anthony Kaldellis, The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium

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“Hormisdas, who had never lived in a functional Roman state, could not grasp the delicate balance of imperial authority and popular will in Romanía.”
― Anthony Kaldellis, The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium

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“The sack of Constantinople further poisoned the relations between the Churches.”
― Anthony Kaldellis, The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium

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