John W. Barker

John Walton Barker (October 7, 1933 – October 24, 2019) was an American historian and specialist in Byzantine history and classical music. Quotes Certainly in architectural brilliance and innovation alone his age deserves to be rated as a great one. Haghía Sophia, one of the greatest achievements of Christian, or human, architecture, and the Corpus juris civilis, a supreme landmark of Roman, and European, Law, stand forth as Justinian's most enviable monuments. What ruler could hope to leave finer ones? Justinian and the Later Roman Empire (1966), p. 184. External links Category:1933 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Historians from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States