[GOP_Party_Animal]

Can anyone recommend a readable history book on the Balkans? I'd like to learn about the history starting just after Roman rule.

[ClearCase_guy]

Follow this link at Amazon. Someone has a long list of recommended books about the Balkans.

http://www.amazon.com/Balkan-books/lm/R28F6YEVTHYG1J/ref=cm_lm_srch_fvlm_col_3/102-5517849-3663354

[Daveinyork]

"Can anyone recommend a readable history book on the Balkans? I'd like to learn about the history starting just after Roman rule."

Get a(n) historical atlas to get a thumbnail sketch of all the movements of people through the region, and the political and cultural events. Then you can look for books on more specific periods of time and areas that might be of interest. You might want to consider beginning your survey in the fourth century, when the region was facing its first major foreign threat since establishment of Roman rule - the Goths.