Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps xi
4. Timeline xiii
5. Preface xxi
6. 1. Approaching the Avars 1
7. 2. The Avar Migration 21
8. 3. The New Power, 567–90 69
9. 4. Avars and Slavs 117
10. 5. The Balkan Wars of Maurice, 591–602 163
11. 6. Life and Organization in the Avar Empire 198
12. 7. The Seventh Century 280
13. 8. The Century of the Griffin 344
14. Appendix: Amount of Subsidies Paid by Byzantium to the Avars 403
15. Abbreviations 405
16. Notes 407
17. Sources 549
18. Bibliography 559
19. Index 621