Peter Sarris
British historian
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Peter Sarris is a British and a Cypriot historian of late antiquity. As of 2025, Sarris is a professor at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the reign of Justinian I in the sixth century AD.[1] In 2023 his book Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint was published by Basic Books.[2][3][4][5]
Sarris attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an undergraduate, and was subsequently a prize fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.[1]
Books
- Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint (Basic Books, 2023)
- Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700 (Oxford University Press, 2011)
- Byzantium, A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2015)
- Economy and Society in the Age of Justinian (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
