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John the Scythian – a Slayer of Usurpers and the Isaurians
The paper is devoted to John the Scythian – one of the chiefs of the Byzantine army in the eighties and nineties of the 5th century. Based on the sources, the military career of John the Scythian lasted 16 years.
Mirosław J. Leszka
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Introduction. The scope of this paper is 1) to consider the forms of military service of the Persians within the Byzantine army during the first half of the 9th c., 2) to arrange the chronological order of events related to the involvement of the ...
Evgeniy A. Mekhamadiev
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In the late fourteenth century, Albanian tribes moved from Thessaly and settled in the Peloponnesos getting the permission from the Despotes of the Morea, Theodore I Palaiologos (1383–1407).
Tatiana Evgenievna Belorussova
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This article deals with the engagement of the Byzantine eastern troops in the wars the empire waged against Bulgaria from the late seventh until the early eleventh centuries.
Symeon Antonov
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The Role of Nestorian Christians in Establishing Peace between Iran and Byzantium in 630 AD [PDF]
The good ties existing between the Byzantine and the Sassanid Empires deteriorated quickly after Emperor Maurice of the Byzantine Empire was killed, and his title usurped by Emperor Phocas in 602 CE.
Mahnaz Babaei +3 more
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Armenia and Heraclius’ Military Campaigns against the Sassanids (622-628 AD [PDF]
Armenia, is the areas between Iran and Rome in ancient times. Since this country enjoys a geographically, economically, politically and strategically great position, it has always been a central focus of conflict between the two great powers of the ...
Parviz Hossain Talaee
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Rola eunuchów na dworze cesarzy bizantyńskich. Przypadek Narzesa
The article is divided into two sections. First presents the role of eunuchs in Byzantine Empire in general. Second section focuses specifically on Narses, his life, main achievements and legacy. The term eunuch (eÙnoàcoj) is ambiguous.
Rajmund Malinowski
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Respected and Ignored: British Women and the Arab Revolt (1936–39) in Mandate Palestine
ABSTRACT This article aims to reinsert British women and their perspectives into our understanding of anticolonial resistance in Palestine. Historiography on the Arab Revolt (1936–39) has previously been built from colonial state archives that disproportionally speak with a male voice and, as such, rely on certain gendered assumptions to describe the ...
Alex Worsfold
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Merarches in the thematic organization (9th-12th centuries) [PDF]
The text cites the results of the study of the role of merarches, which were a part of the military organization of the Empire in the early Byzantine period.
Cvetković Miloš
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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