The Byzantines

by Thomas Caldecot Chubb

Lamb, Harold, Constantinople: The Birth of an Empire. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1957.

——, Theodora and the Emperor: The Drama of Justinian. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952.

Masefield, John, Conquer, A Tale of the Nika Rebellion in Byzantium. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1941.

Schoonover, Lawrence, The Gentle Infidel. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1950.

Scott, Walter, Count Robert. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1953.

INDEX AND GLOSSARY

• Alexius Comnenus (Alexius I), [19-20], [22]
• Alexius IV, [20], [22], [107-109]
• Alexius Bushy Eyebrows (Alexius V), [109]
• Andronicus, [104]
• Anna Comnena, [19], [100]
• Ariadne, [49]
• army, [46], [47], [57-63]
• art, [95-99]
• Augusta, the, [48]
• Augustaion, [34]
• Augustus, the, [32]
• autokrator (ô-tok’rƏ-tēr), [44]
• bandon (ban’dƏn), [59]
• Bardas, [105]
• Basil I, [51], [105]
• Basil the Bulgar Slayer (Basil II), [17]
• basileus (bas’i-lūs), [45], [47]
• basilissa (bas-i-lis’Ə), [48]
• bazaars, [34], [89]
• Benjamin of Tudela, Rabbi, [17]
• bezant, [91-92]
• Blachernae, Palace of, [32]
• Book of Ceremonies, The, [50]
• Bosporus, [15], [25-26]
• Bouillon, Godfrey of, [14]
• Building of the Nineteen Beds, [29]
• Bukoleon, Palace of, [20], [28-32], [34], [87]
• Byzantine Empire, [17], [35], [38], [47],
• fall of, [111-116]
• national traits, [44-45], [54], [68-69], [74], [103-106]
• origin of, [39-44]
• people of, [23-25]
• royalty, [33], [47-54]
• significance of, [93-103]
• Byzantium. See Constantinople.
• caesar (sē’zēr), [41], [56]
• Caesar, Julius, [40], [58-59]
• campagia (kam-pā’ji-Ə), [51]
• cataphracts (kat’Ə-frakts), [59], [60], [61]
• Cathisma, [32]
• ceremonies, [33], [50-51]
• Chalké, [29]
• Charlemagne, [17], [99]
• Chrysopolis. See Scutari.
• Circus. See Hippodrome.
• Clari, Robert of, [28-29], [31-34], [43], [45], [107]
• Constantine the Great (Constantine I), [29], [41], [42-44], [73]
• Constantine Born-in-the-Purple (Constantine VII), [66-67], [99]
• Constantine XI, [113]
• Constantinople, [15], [16-17], [21], [25-35], [42-43], [45], [89]
• occupation during Fourth Crusade, [16-21], [107-111]
• seizure by Turks, [112-116]
• Cosmas Who-Sailed-to-India, [98]
• costume (military), [59]; (royal), [50-51]
• crafts, [86]
• Crusades (First), [14], [20], [22];
• (Fourth), [13-22], [45], [107-111]
• Cyril, Saint, [78], [80]
• Dandolo, Henry, [15-16], [20], [110]
• Daphne Palace, [29]
• Demetrius, Saint, [72]
• Digenes Akrites, [63-64]
• Diocletian, [41-42], [43], [44]
• diplomatic corps, [47], [65-66]
• drungarius (drun-gâr´i-Əs), [47]
• Eastern Roman Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
• education, [99-101]
• eikons (ī´kons), [75]
• eparch (ep´ärk), [103]
• farming, [82-85]
• foreign trade, [82-83], [88-89], [91]
• Galata, [25]
• Golden Horn, [25-26]
• government, [46-56]
• officials, [55-56]
• Great Church. See Santa Sophia.
• Great Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
• Greek Church. See Orthodox Christian Church.
• Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
• Greek fire, [65]
• Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, [69]
• Harun al-Rashid, [101]
• Heraclius, [101]
• Hippodrome, [32], [35], [49], [50], [75], [110]
• Holy Chapel, [28-29]
• homoiousion (ho-moi-ōō´si-Ən) = homoousion (ho-mō-ōō´si-Ən) controversy, [74]
• How To Run the Empire, [66-67]
• Iconoclast controversy, [74-76], [78]
• industry, [85-88], [103]
• Irene, [17], [48]
• isapostolos (īs-Ə-pos´tƏl-Əs), [48]
• Istanbul. See Constantinople.
• John IV, [99-100]
• Justinian, [17], [38], [49-50], [51], [65]
• Kercuas, John, [17], [19]
• Khazars, [29]
• laws, [102-103], [104]
• Leo the Philosopher, [50], [99]
• Liutprand, Bishop, [29], [87-88]
• logothesia (log-ō-thē´zhi-Ə), [56]
• logothete (log´ō-thēt), [55]
• Logothete of the Dromos, or Grand Logothete, [55], [66]
• Lucas Notaras, [73]
• Magnaura Palace, [29]
• Manuel II, [99-100]
• Marmara, Sea of, [28]
• Mesé, [34]
• Methodius, Saint, [78], [80]
• Michael Paleologus, [111]
• Michael the Drunkard, [78], [105]
• Michael the Stutterer, [105]
• Michael Thinks-He’s-a-Soldier, [54]
• Micklegarth. See Constantinople.
• Midway. See Mesé.
• Mohammed II, [112-113]
• monuments and statues, [33], [34], [50]
• mosaics, [17], [95-98]
• navy, [46], [47], [64-65]
• New Rome. See Constantinople.
• Nicephorus Phocas, [19]
• Nika revolt, [32]
• nipsistarios (nip-sis-ta´ri-ōs), [56]
• orphanotrope (ôr-fan´Ə-trōp), [102]
• Orphanotrope, Grand, [102]
• Orthodox Christian, or Orthodox Eastern, Church, [17], [47], [48], [68-80], [101-103]
• patriarchs, [71]
• Pera quarter, [24], [25]
• Phocas, [51]
• politics, [32], [49]
• recreation, [32], [105]
• Richard the Lion-Hearted, [14]
• Roman Empire, [39-42], [81]. See also Byzantine Empire and Western Roman Empire.
• Romulus Augustulus, [44]
• Sacred Palace. See Bukoleon, Palace of.
• saigon (sī’gƏn), [51]
• Saint Mamas quarter, [24]
• Saladin, [14]
• Santa Sophia, [17], [31-32], [34]
• scaramangion (ska-rƏ-man’ji-Ən), [50]
• Scutari, [25]
• silk, [86-88]
• Simeon Stylites, Saint, [72]
• slaves, [103]
• statues. See monuments.
• stemmata (stem’Ə-tƏ), [51]
• strategoi (strƏ-tē’goi), [47]
• strategos (strƏ-tē’gos), [95]
• superstitions, [71-72]
• Sycae. See Galata.
• themes (thē’mƏs), [95]
• Theodora, [49-50]
• Theodora, Saint, [49], [53-54], [75-76]
• Theophilus, [99]
• Theotokos (thē-ot’ō-kos), [72]
• Trajan, [40-41]
• trapezidae (trƏ-pē’zi-dē), [59]
• Tsargrad. See Constantinople.
• Turkish (Ottoman) Empire, [94-95], [112-113]
• Vandals, [44]
• Varangians, [23]
• Villehardouin, Geoffrey of, [14], [19], [20-21], [45], [107], [110]
• war, art of, [60-63]
• wealth, [82-83], [88], [91-92]
• Western Roman Empire, [41-42], [43-44], [46]
• Zoe, [49]
• Zoe Black Eyes, [65]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Caldecot Chubb, internationally known author, scholar, and literary critic began his writing career while still a student at Yale with the publication of two books, one of which won him the Albert Stanborough Cook award for poetry, and a poem which won him the John Masefield Award. Since that time he has published a number of books which are outstanding for both scholarship and writing—among these his well-known biography Aretino: Scourge of Princes. Mr. Chubb’s interest in the Byzantines, awakened during his college days, has continued throughout his life. The Byzantines, his first book for young people, reflects his intimate knowledge of the subject.

World traveler, sportsman, and civic leader, Mr. Chubb lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife and their three teen-age children.