Byzantine/Greek books

[Leet Eriksson]

I heard of a book somewhere titled Heraclius' Crusade, anyone know anything about it?

Also i need well sourced books (primary and secondary) about Heraclius (the byzantine commander and emperor for those still wondering), that mentions all his battles, achievments and the such. It also need academic approval and such and is used by historians alot. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS I'll blow 60$ just for shipping the book as soon as possible.

Within a week a greek historian and a friend is visiting and we'll have lots of greek history discussions and circlejerking between antiquity and the dark ages.

Someone recommend me an appropriate big encyclopedia-like book as a gift (has to be greek related).

I have worked by butt for 3 days on this, and amazon isn't helping alot ~:(

[Reenk Roink]

Um... I can't be of too much help on the Byzantine period, but you said your friend would like books about Greek antiquity? How about Greek military?

[edyzmedieval]

First of all, you can look for Osprey books when you want military stuff. :book: www.ospreypublishing.com
It covers both Greek and Byzantine books.

Faisal, you are asking very much there my friend. I suggest looking at the 2 stickies in the Monastery for some help. It will surely help you.

I'll try to dig something up for you. :balloon2:

[L'Impresario]

Haven't heard of this specific book, sadly enough.

As a fundamental Byzantium-related book, I can suggest Ostrogorsky's "History of the Byzantine State"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813505992/qid=1152367916/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4389479-8095235?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Although if your friend is a historian with a fair amount of interest in the byzantine era, he may already possess it, so if you're willing to pay a bit more the following two books are quite recent and very serious sources on Heraclius:

"Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars: Part II, 363-628 AD, a Narrative Sourcebook" (G. Greatrex - Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415146879/ref=sr_11_1/002-4389479-8095235?ie=UTF8

"Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium" (W. Kaegi)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521814596/002-4389479-8095235?v=glance&n=283155

I didn't do any thorough searching, therefore it's possible that you can find better prices.

[kataphraktoi]

I think u mean "Byzantium's Holy Wars" by Geoffrey Regan.

Walter Kaegi's book "Heraclius, EMperor of Byzantium" is quite detailed.

[Leet Eriksson]

Thanks alot guys ~:)

The 2 books mentioned by Impresario are excellent. The latter 2.


"Byzantium's Holy Wars"

This is probably the closest thing, i'm not sure if Heraclius' Crusades exists, but i heard about it, thanks for the help.

To the rest thanks for trying, again i appreciate the effort. :bow: