Haldon provides a holistic analysis of how and why the structures of the East Roman state were reproduced, adapted and maintained through an extended period of crisis. Undergraduate students will find a valuable synthesis of current scholarship on the subject, and those more familiar with the source material will appreciate the insightful connections teased out of its carefully composed structure. Highly recommended.

John Haldon. The Empire That Would Not Die: The Paradox of Eastern Roman Survival, 640-740. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press, 2016.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Hugh Jeffrey, Lincoln College, Oxford