Empire of God: how the Byzantines saved civilization

Not the empire you want, but the empire you need --

A new capital for an old empire --

A Christian empire --

Stability --

Barbarians --

Theology and politics --

The fall of the Roman empire --

Making the empire great again --

Glory --

Pandemic --

The Persians --

The Arabs --

The iconoclasts --

Testing iconoclasm --

Seeds of Schism --

Leadership, wise and unwise --

The splendor of the court --

The Russians --

Let the good times roll --

The final rupture --

Catastrophe --

Crusade --

The storm before the storm --

The beginning of the end --

The empire strikes back --

Seeds of destruction --

Humiliation --

The final days --

The Christian legacy --

Money --

Law --

Art and architecture --

Unfallen --

Roman emperors from the Founding of Constantinople to the Fall of the Empire.