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Heraclius. A Commander in the Service of Leo I and Zeno [PDF]
Studia Ceranea, 2023 Heraclius’ career, the one that can be traced in primary sources, lasted seven years. In its course he held the position of comes rei militaris and, perhaps, magister militum vacans and magister militum per Thracias.
Mirosław Jerzy Leszka
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Theodosius, Justinian, or Heraclius?
The Art Bulletin, 1976 In an article in The Art Bulletin, xli, 1959, Phyllis Williams Lehmann attempted to show that the drawing of a Byzantine rider in Budapest (Fig. 1) was taken from a lost medallion commemorating Theodosius the Great.1. The orthodox view, that the drawing was of the equestrian statue of Justinian (itself a reused statue of the Theodosian period) set up ...
Walter Emil Kaegi
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Античная древность и средние века, 2019 The present paper deals with the three points of Byzantine military organi-zation during the reign of Heraclius, more precisely – 1) the role of Moorish tribal detachments in overthrowing of the usurper Phocas in 610 A.D.; 2) the territorial deployment ...
Evgeniy Mekhamadiev
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Mobility and migration in Byzantium: who gets to tell the story? [PDF]
Early Mediev Eur, 2023 This article underlines the importance of approaching written sources for what they are: authorial constructs. This is true also for depictions of mobility and migration. Byzantine authors instrumentalized these for their own purposes beyond the event at hand. Authorial focus, along with the requirements of the chosen literary genre, is also the reason
Rapp C.
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The ghost of Maurice at the court of Heraclius [PDF]
Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 2019 Abstract This paper explores the complex reception of the reign of Maurice (582-602) at the court of Heraclius (610 -641). It explores how the reign of Maurice established two important precedents for Heraclius as he emerged from the Last Great War: first, the re-establishment, after a long hiatus, of the principle of filial succession; and second,
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The Byzantine Army in 626–628 AD: Near East Frontier and Armenian Provinces
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2018 Two aspects of the Byzantine military organization in 626–628 AD were considered: the role and status of Armenian ethnic units within the Byzantine army and the measures of Emperor Heraclius for reestablishment the Byzantine defense system in the Near ...
E.A. Mekhamadiev
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The Alexander Legend: An Example of Syriac Apocalyptic Literature in the Dawn of Islam [PDF]
Edinost in Dialog, 2022 The article introduces the Syriac Alexander Legend, a text that was written in the context of the Byzantine imperial propaganda and aimed to present the Byzantine Empire as the fourth empire from Daniel’s prophecy on the four kingdoms.
Aljaž Krajnc
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The Emperor Heraclius: investigations into the image of an emperor [PDF]
, 1993 This thesis is an investigation into the image of the emperor Heraclius as depicted by the ancient sources who cover his reign (610-641 A. D.). In order to establish the relevant criteria for the portrayal of an emperor it was first necessary to provide the reader with a synopsis of writings on the role of the emperor from the time of Eusebius onwards.
Remus Mihai Feraru, Feraru, Remus Mihai
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Armenia and Heraclius’ Military Campaigns against the Sassanids (622-628 AD [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2018 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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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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