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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 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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Heraclius. A Commander in the Service of Leo I and Zeno
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 J. Leszka
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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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Theodore Syncellus and the 626 Siege of Constantinople
Electrum, 2022 The homily on the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626 attributed to Theodore Syncellus shares numerous linguistic features both with Theodore’s homily of 623 on the Virgin’s Robe and with George of ...
Michael Whitby
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Early Byzantine Jewelry from Rough Cilicia”Diocaesarea Treasure”
Art-Sanat, 2023 Diocaesarea in Rough Cilicia is in the Uzuncaburç neighborhood, approximately 25 km north of the Silifke district of Mersin. The ancient city stands out with its well-preserved Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique archaeological remains.
Ümit Aydınoğlu, Çilem Uygun
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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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Information about Belgrade in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus [PDF]
Balcanica, 2019 The paper looks at two sets of data provided by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus’ De administranndo imperio, one concerning information about Belgrade in the context of Serbian settlement in the Byzantine Empire under Heraclius, the other ...
Kalić Jovanka
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Missing Queens: Gender, Dynasty and Power in Vandal Africa
Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-21, March 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper reconsiders a curious aspect of the Vandal kingdom of North Africa (439–533 ce): the total absence of women called Vandals in extant sources. It argues that these missing Vandal women are the women of the Hasding royal dynasty. The non‐application of the ethnic terminology to the consorts, sisters and daughters of kings and princes ...
Robin Whelan
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