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Referenced when discussing how modern historians prefer to call the Byzantine Empire the Roman Empire, since that's what they called themselves. Tom mentions Kaldellis as 'probably the most influential younger historian' on this subject and notes 'his book is all the new Roman Empire.'

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Referenced when discussing the 'pornocracy' period of the papacy and Marozia's influence. A passage is quoted from Gibbon about Marozia's descendants who became popes.

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Referenced as 'a great writer on the subject of powerful women in this period' who calls the 10th century 'the century of women.' No specific book title is mentioned, but she is clearly referenced for her scholarly work on powerful medieval women.