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In enemy hands: the Byzantine experience of captivity between the seventh and tenth centuries. [PDF]
Early Mediev Eur, 2023 The present paper deals with forced migration experienced by subjects of the Byzantine Empire captured by foreign enemies in the context of warfare between the seventh and the tenth centuries. The focus of the first part is on the scenarios faced by individuals and groups when an enemy had taken control of a settlement or a larger territory. The second
Simeonov G.
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Once again on the Empress Zoe: Women, dermatology, cosmetics, and materia medica (medical matter) in the ancient world. [PDF]
J Cosmet Dermatol, 2023 Abstract Background An article published in 2012 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology discussed the historical sources presenting the Byzantine Empress Zoe Porphyrogenita as an expert in cosmetic and pharmacological remedies that could give their users a youthful appearance and a kind of eternal youth.
Cilione M, Cavarra B, Gazzaniga V.
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Gnesioi filoi: George Syncellus and Theophanes the Confessor – Addenda
Studia Ceranea, 2022 The paper provides the addenda to A. Kompa, Gnesioi filoi: the search for George Syncellus’ and Theophanes the Confessor’s own words, and the authorship of their oeuvre, Studia Ceranea 5, 2015, p. 155–230. All the expressions crucial to the stylistic and
Andrzej Kompa
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When was Constantine V born? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2021 Emperor Constantine V was born in the summer of 718, however our only two texts that provide an approximate date of his birth diverge on the matter; mid-July according to Patriarch Nikephoros’ Breviarium, and early September according to ...
Marić Ivan
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In the Chronographia, is Michael Psellos’ concern for the army entirely disinterested? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2012 The present article analyzes Psellos’ commentary on the disarray of the Byzantine army in the Chronographia. The topic is examined in relation to the political circumstances of the time, and the author’s own particular situation.
Vratimos Antonios
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The fall of Merovingian Italy, 561–5
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 543-562, November 2023., 2023 After the end of the Gothic War in the mid‐sixth century, northern Italy remained divided between the Merovingian Franks and the eastern Roman Empire. In the 560s the Frankish territories were finally taken by imperial armies, but the end of Merovingian Italy is variably dated between 561 and 565.
Sihong Lin
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Qualifying Mediterranean connectivity: Byzantium and the Franks during the seventh century
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 380-404, August 2023., 2023 In the last two decades, historians researching the seventh century ce have increasingly emphasized mobility, communications and connectivity across the Mediterranean world that supposedly included close contacts between the Franks and Byzantium. These studies, however, rely often on optimistic, maximum interpretations of the comparatively sparse ...
Mischa Meier, Steffen Patzold
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 405-429, August 2023., 2023 This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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Wer waren die Leser und Hörer der Chronographia des Michael Psellos? [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2013 The article deals with the position Michael Psellos has taken with regard to the readers/listeners of his Chronographia. The intended readers are, in addition to Constantine Leichoudes and Emperor Michael VII which he addresses directly, the ...
Reinsch Diether Roderich
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Pons per Danuvium ductus.Date noi despre podul lui Constantin cel Mare dintre Oescus și Sucidava [PDF]
Cercetări Arheologice, 2022 Constantine the Great inaugurated his bridge across the Danube between Oescus (Ghighen) and Sucidava (Celei) on July 5, 328. It was first mentioned by Sextus Aurelius Victor, in Liber de Caesaribus, 41.18, and then by late chronographers during the VII ...
Ioan Carol Opriș +10 more
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