The History of Leo the Deacon

Byzantine Military Expansion in the Tenth Century

Alice-Mary Talbot

Denis F. Sullivan

    This is the first English translation of the History of Leo the Deacon (born circa 950), a lively but little-known author intimately familiar with the palace politics of Constantinople.
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Alice-Mary Talbot is Director of Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.