Ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς διμοιριαῖος, λευκὸς τῷ σώματι, ἁπλόθριξ, εὐπώγων, μαλακόχρους, μιξοπόλιος, σύνοφρυς, εὔρινος, μεγαλόψυχος, δυνατὸς πολεμιστής, προγάστωρ, ἠθικός, εὐόμιλος. John Malalas' depiction of Odysseus

The story of the next two centuries in both the East and the West can be understood as a continual struggle between emperors and their generals over who was the "manager" and who was the "managed."

New book: Michael Stewart, ed., Portraits of Generalship and Authority in the Age of Justinian (Routledge, 2026) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/portrai...

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Always great to get the official book in your hand...the culmination of four plus years of work

Happy to have a short review in a journal that has long been on my Mt. Rushmore of favourties. Anyone else have a bucketlist of journals they would like to publish in?

Yale Classics Library@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · last mo.

Early Medieval Europe Vol. 34, No. 3 (2026) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254... @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social @katefalardeau.bsky.social @medievaljon.bsky.social

The #IMC2026 Bookfair is OPEN! 🎊 Monday 06 July - 08.30-19.30 Tuesday 07 July - 08.30-18.30 Wednesday 08 July - 08.30-18.30 Thursday 09 July - 08.30-13.00 There will be a reception officially launching the Bookfair on Monday 06 July at 18:00! #MedievalSky #MedievalSky

With impeccable timing, on the first day of #IMC2026, the latest issue of Early Medieval Europe is out! Featuring articles by, amongst others, @katefalardeau.bsky.social and @medievaljon.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680254...

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Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

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A few words of appreciation. 600transformer.blogspot.com/2026/06/rosa...

One need only consider the hostile rhetoric directed by the sons of Constantine against one another & by the cousins Constantius II & Julian against each other, to question Börm’s contention that Germanus would not have accepted such a harsh portrayal of his cousin Justinian in the Secret History.

We are very sorry to learn of the death of Professor Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026), historian of early medieval Europe bit.ly/4fQzy9Q Professor McKitterick was elected a Fellow @royalhistsoc.org in 1980 and, among many other roles, also served as President @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social #Skystorians

As small tribute to Averil Cameron, my current project for Histos covers a "sensitive" yet important topic in our field. Cameron's highly charged intellectual rivalry with Anthony Kaldellis, which was provoked by the personal nature of his early attacks of her work on Procopius.

Coincidentally my new article for Byzantina Symmeikta on naval warfare in Procopius has also been published on June 15: ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/bz...

Publication Day at last: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

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Warfare was a defining feature of the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian (r. 527–565). His extensive military campaigns spanned multiple fronts, including

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One of my professors in grad school (late '90s) used to point to the abandoned churches that are ubiquitous in American cityscapes as a warning that we should not take the permanence of modern universities for granted. Prescient, I think.

Michael Whitby. Single-handedly channeling the rage every editor of a collective volume has ever felt throughout generations.

I suppose I should mention that my book on the Polis has a chapter on reading the Iliad and the Odyssey historically: portrayal a diverse, fluid world poised btw lordly power and community claims; a failed feudal turn (thank God).

I rarely give papers, but I made an exception here for a conference on Belisarius dedicated to the memory of Dariusz Brodka. Unfortunately, not able to attend in person.

Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association Vol. 21, No. 1 (2026) search.informit.org/toc/jaema/21/1 @jaema.bsky.social

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My review of this interesting book is now up on early view: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ritual and Earthquakes in Constantinople. Liturgy, Ecology, and Empire. By Mark Roosien. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2024. XI + 204 pp., 1 ill., 1 map, 8 tables. £ 85/$110. ISBN 978 1 009 42728 9.

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"Late Antiquity" was not created out of thin air by a singular genius. Ahem. Nevertheless, I think we can identify a relatively small circle of foundational figures who built the field into the behemoth that it has become. On *any* reckoning, Averil Cameron belongs in that small circle. 1/4

My academic hero Averil Cameron has died...We first started corresponding back in the early 2000s, mainly about Procopius...later we frequently conversed on Twitter about a myriad of things Late Antique and more. She could be tough on young scholars, but a compliment then meant even more...RIP

A fascinating paper on the discovery in Scandinavia in 2025 of what may the earliest surviving solidus from the reign of Leo I: www.researchgate.net/profile/Svan...

New issue of the Journal of Late Antiquity:

Paperback of my book on the Polis

Did King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced... www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...