'E.'s work will prove to be a most useful introduction for students of the eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. It gathers together much recent research on the period and concentrates more on 'the age of Justinian', as the title indicates, than on the emperor himself - a breadth of focus which is to be welcomed. (...) E.'s work will provide a helpful supplement to Jpnes' 'Later Roman empire' for the sixth century in the east; the well-researched and up-to date bibliography is particularly to be commended.'(GEOFFREY GREATREX in The Classical Review (New Series), 1998, pp.404-05). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux.