/lit/ - Literature

>>17359280
The fuck are you on about? The Roman Empire was literally the most stable state on the face of the Earth. It lasted over 1200 consecutively with no break and if you count the Republic which it still technically was well over 1700 years.
>>17365800
The Byzantines themselves wrote a book about the stuff.
'De Administrando Imperio' by Emperor Constantine VII. It is a pretty honest look at their own situation in the world as it was probably not meant for publishing or circulation and just his own son.

The memoirs of Emperor John Cantacuzene are quite interesting look at the very late years of the Empire. Most of what I have read are military treatistes and their own histories they made. I do have a sizeable amount of secondary sources if anybody wants a recommendation.