NAVAL WARFARE UNDER THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE FROM JUSTINIAN 1 TO THE FOURTH CRUSADE.
Code: B264
Price: £22.00
Catalogue(s): Franklin
Category(s): New Books, Ancient to Medieval,
194pp., 8 plates. 2026. The imperial fleet played crucial roles in the Empire’s reconquest of the West by Justinian I, its struggles against the Muslim Arabs, (which turned the Mediterranean into a naval war zone,) as well as its resurgence in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The Age of Crusade was also about the changing balance of power at sea at the expense of the Byzantine Empire, which signalled the rise of the Latin West.