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The text analyses a short account by Cyril of Scythopolis concerning the imperial decision to finance the repair of the damages caused in Palestine by the Samaritan uprising of 529–531.
Ireneusz Milewski
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Money in “Historia monachorum in Aegypto”
The text discusses the accounts of money in Historia monachorum in Aegypto. There are not many of them and, in addition, they are quite succinct. The first illustrates the face of early Byzantine fiscalism, the difficulty of paying taxes, and the ...
Ireneusz Milewski
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In Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, both coastal and sub-mountainous parts of Colchis underwent rapid urbanization. In the 12th century, the processes of decline began: Large settlements were replaced by small farmsteads with light wooden ...
Galina Trebeleva +3 more
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Some remarks on economic history of Byzantine Sardis in the 5th century [PDF]
Supported by broader sighting at economic, social and other vital historic structures of Sardis in Early byzantine period, partly by digressions at relevant singularities of the contemporary urban order itself, the paper tries to suggest a new ...
Drašković Marko
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Textile Prices in Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts. Three Case Studies
This text analyzes three early Byzantine source accounts on clothing prices from the beginning of the 5th to the early 7th centuries in Italy (Rome), Palestine (probably in Jerusalem), and Egypt (Alexandria).
Ireneusz Milewski
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Money in the Apophthegmata Patrum
The objective of this paper is to discuss accounts related to money in Apophthegmata Patrum, a collection of sayings attributed to famous Egyptian monks. The collection as we know it was produced in the 6th century.
Ireneusz Milewski
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The study attempts to determine the economic condition of a small provincial bishopric, namely the church of Gaza (Palestine) during the rule of bishop Porphyry (circa 395–420 AD).
Ireneusz Milewski
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Cheese, and more generally dairy products, is an essential part of the diet of ancient societies, particularly in the Mediterranean world and in Europe. These by-products therefore probably appeared right from the very beginnings of the domestication of ...
Alain Ferdière, Jean-Marc Séguier
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Subsistence economy in the Negev Highlands: the Iron Age and the Byzantine/Early Islamic period
The article reports results of a long-term geoarchaeological project in the Negev Highlands. Based on previous phytolith analysis from degraded livestock dung, we suggested that the inhabitants of an Iron IIA site in the region subsisted on animal husbandry, without practicing cereal cultivation (Shahack-Gross and Finkelstein 2008).
Shahack-Gross, Ruth +4 more
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The Role of the Bible in the Formation of Philosophical Thought in Kievan Rus’ (as Exemplified by Ilarion of Kiev, Kliment Smolatič, and Kirill of Turov) [PDF]
The article is an attempt to critically evaluate the manifestations of the philosophical culture sprouting in Rus’. With the baptism in the Byzantine Rite, Rus’ in the 10th century joined the family of Christian nations and defined the future direction ...
Kroczak, Justyna
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