TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Haldon, John, CN - DF571 DO - 10.4159/9780674969193 DO - doi ID - 1480465 JF - Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 KW - Human ecology KW - War and society KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674969193 N2 - 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. SN - 9780674969193 T1 - The Empire That Would Not Die :The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640-740 / TI - The Empire That Would Not Die :The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640-740 / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674969193 VL - 13 ER -