Constantinople And Its Hinterland: Papers From The Twenty-Seventh Spring Symposium Of Byzantine Studies, Oxford, April 1993
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| Originally published | 1995 |
| Authors | Gilbert Dagron |
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| Editors | Cyril Mango |
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| ID | 2077357 |
About Constantinople And Its Hinterland: Papers From The Twenty-Seventh Spring Symposium Of Byzantine Studies, Oxford, April 1993
From its foundation, the city of Constantinople dominated the Byzantine world. It was the seat of the emperor, the centre of government and church, the focus of commerce and culture, by far the greatest urban centre; its needs in terms of supplies and defense imposed their own logic on the development of the empire. . . .
