Peter Sarris

Peter Sarris is a British and 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. In 2023 his book Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint was published by Basic Books.

Sarris attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an undergraduate, and was subsequently a prize fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.

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)

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