Vasiliev Alexander. History of the Byzantine Empire. Volume 1. 324-1453

2nd edition. — University of Wisconsin Press, 1958. — 382 p. — ISBN10: 0299809250; ISBN13: 978-0299809256.“This is the revised English translation from the original work in Russian of the history of the Great Byzantine Empire. It is the most complete and thorough work on this subject. From it we get a wonderful panorama of the events and developments of the struggles of early Christianity, both western and eastern, with all of its remains of the wonderful productions of art, architecture, and learning.”—Southwestern Journal of Theology