The Byzantine Empire: 'Byzantium could not be deprived of its unrivalled position''

Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE, FBA was born on 12th January 1860 in the Muzaffarpur district, India.

Oman was sent to England to be educated at Winchester College and at Oxford University, where he studied under William Stubbs. Here, he was invited to become a founding member of the Stubbs Society, which was under the patronage of Oman's don.

In 1881 Oman was elected to a Prize Fellowship at All Souls College, and remained so for the rest of his academic career. In 1905 he was elect...