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The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813) (The Middle Ages Series) by Harry Turtledove (Translator), Harry (Editor) Theophanes/ Turtledove, The Confessor Theophanes, Theofanes Confessor, Teofan Wyznawca ((Św. Paperback, 226 Pages, Published 1982 ISBN-10: 0-8122-1128-6 / 0812211286 ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-1128-3 / 9780812211283 The most important illuminating source that survived from the two centuries termed "the dark ages of Byzantium" is the chronicle of the monk Theophanes (d. 817 or 818). In it Theophanes paints a vivid picture of the Empire's struggle in the seventh and eighth centuries both to withstand foreign inva |