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The age of Augustus, commonly dated to 30 BC - AD 14, was a pivotal period in world history. The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus captures the dynamics and richness of this era by examining important aspects of the period.

This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527-565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world.