@article{1480465,
      recid = {1480465},
      author = {Haldon, John, },
      title = {The Empire That Would Not Die : The Paradox of Eastern  Roman Survival, 640-740 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (432 p.) :},
      abstract = {The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western  Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a  fraction of its former size. Ravaged by warfare and  disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did  not die. John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed  the empire to survive against all odds into the eighth  century.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480465},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969193},
}