This revised and expanded edition of the widely-praised \u003ci\u003eA History of Byzantium\u003c/i\u003e covers the time of Constantine the Great in AD 306 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eExpands treatment of the middle and later Byzantine periods, incorporating new archaeological evidence\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIncludes additional maps and photographs, and a newly annotated, updated bibliography\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIncorporates a new section on web resources for Byzantium studies\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eDemonstrates that Byzantium was important in its own right but also served as a bridge between East and West and ancient and modern society\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eSituates Byzantium in its broader historical context with a new comparative timeline and textboxes\u003cbr /\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e