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The evolution of historical topography of Egyptian Alexandria in early Byzantine time
This article examines the topographical features of one of the largest trading cities of the late Roman Empire, Egyptian Alexandria. The problems and achievements of the study of the city's topography are highlighted. On the basis of the complex analysis
Rudneva, M.A.
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Book culture and education in Early Byzantium (4th — 7th centuries CE): Asia Minor
The paper considers the role of book culture, the state and evolution of education in the Eastern Mediterranean of the early Byzantine time (4th — 7th centuries) in the context of the cultural continuity between Antiquity and the Middle Ages, using the ...
Denisova, I.V.
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This Article examines the question of dating the building inscription of the last famous king of the Bosporus in the late antique period — Tiberius Julius Duptun.
Bolgov N.N. , Zaitseva I.V.
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Book review: Shchavelev, A.S. 2020. Chronotope of the Rurikid Polity (911—987). Moscow: Akvilon [PDF]
The Review deals with Concept of Rurikid’s Polity of the 10th c., proposed by Aleksei Shchavelev, Senior Researcher at the Center for Eastern Europe in the Ancient and Medieval World, Department of the History of Byzantium and Eastern Europe, Institute ...
Emanov, A.G.
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Byzantium Today: Determining the Place of the Gone World
The author of the article considers the perception of Byzantium, the assessment of its role and place in world history by the example of the analysis of historical and cultural studies, fiction and poetry, as well as assesses the contribution of Russian ...
Peter Schreiner
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Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the Katáfraktoi in the Byzantine Army [PDF]
This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elitist cavalry, defined as catafracti
Wojnowski, Michał
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Enthronement Rituals of the Princes of Rus’ (twelfth-thirteenth centuries)
This article examines the translation, transformation, and innovation of ceremonies of inauguration from the principality of Kiev to the principality of Vladimir-Suzdal’ and the city of Novgorod in the early Russian period (twelfth-thirteenth centuries).
Alexandra Vukovich
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Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in twelfth-century Byzantium [PDF]
This article examines the Byzantine adaptation of the anecdote of the Lydian king Pythes within Nikephoros Basilakes’ <i>Progymnasma</i> 11 in relation to its earliest surviving source, Plutarch’s <i>Mulierum virtutes</i> 262D ...
Xenophontos, Sophia
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Introduction. The publication is a review of the critical edition of the preserved fragments of the Early Byzantine intellectual and diplomat Priscus Panita’s historical work who presented first of all unique information about the nature of international
Alexander S. Kozlov
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Lines and Detours. Byzantium, Nation, and the Canon of Art History in the German-Speaking World The article explores the marginalization of Byzantium within the canon of art history, focusing on the German-speaking tradition.
Armin F. Bergmeier
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