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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1700188, member: 26302&quot;]I would view either the 8th century or the Latin takeover as Byzantium&#039;s dark age personally. The war with Persia was pretty short lived and reversed nicely, and the other issues were simply because of Justinian&#039;s overreach. It was a pretty normal retrenchment after a broad military campaign.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins, never forget Byzantine gold and copper were THE standard for all of Europe for untold centuries. Silver has its own issue, but there is no doubt the standard coin for large purchases was the Byzantine solidus. It literally was the &quot;gold standard&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>For background reading, I cannot recommend Norwich&#039;s three part series on Byzantium enough. Very readable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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