Download or read book The Empire That Would Not Die written by John Haldon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eastern Roman Empire was the largest state in western Eurasia in the sixth century. A century later, it was a fraction of its former size. Ravaged by warfare and disease, the empire seemed destined to collapse. Yet it did not die. John Haldon elucidates the factors that allowed the empire to survive against all odds into the eighth century.