About the book: 2018 / The book for reading harmoniously, in moderate detail, fascinatingly covers the history of the emergence, development, heyday and fall of the Roman Empire - the Byzantine Empire, the history of the Byzantine Church , culture and art, economy, everyday life and mentality of the Byzantines. Sections of the first two parts of the book are accompanied by tasks for independent work, self-study and a selection of written sources that allow readers to study facts and develop skills for independent critical comprehension of what they read. The third part of the publication contains reference applications necessary for a beginning Byzantine scholar, in particular, the most complete list of editions of those Byzantine sources that were published in translation into Russian or Ukrainian, as well as a comprehensive explanatory dictionary and bibliography of educational and specialized literature. For teachers and students of higher education educational institutions of the humanities, teachers of social and humanitarian disciplines, students of Theological academies and seminaries, as well as everyone who is interested in the history of Byzantium and is ready to continue to study this independently with the help of the literature and Internet resources recommended in the book.