The Emperor Maurice and His Historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare

by Michael Whitby

The History of Theophylact Simocatta, the last historian of classical antiquity, is recognized to be the primary source for information about the reign of the emperor Maurice (582-602). Yet the idiosyncracies of Theophylact's style have often deterred serious analysis of this important period. Through close examination of Theophylact's narrative and collation with other evidence, this study sorts through the obscurities, biases, and errors to reveal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198229453
• ISBN13: 9780198229452
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.5"