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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Foreign influences on the copper track located in the Archaeological and Urban Research Center at the University of Mosul [PDF]
The Archaeological and Cultural Research Center of the University of Mosul includes a group of Atabek copper coins (not studied), some of which were discovered in the archaeological excavations carried out by the University of Mosul in the area of ...
Abd-AlWahed Al-Ramadany
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In 2006, the excavation of the palace of the rulers of the Principality of Theodoro (1425–1475) in the central area of the ancient town of Mangup (south-western Crimea) uncovered a unique at this site signet-ring of yellowish chalcedony made in the sixth
Valerii Evgen’evich Naumenko +1 more
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Dēnkard III language variation and the defence of socio-religious identity in the context of Early-Islamic Iran [PDF]
The aim of the present paper is to illustrate as a case study, the linguistic and stylistic peculiarities characterizing the third book of the Dēnkard, one of the most authoritative texts in Zoroastrian Pahlavi literature (9th-10th CE). The analysis will
Terribili, Gianfilippo
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Financial resources in the Armenian region during Arab rule 210 AH / 652 AD - 247 AH / 865 AD [PDF]
Armenian occupies a privileged position in relation to the Arab Islamic state, as it is located on the outskirts of the Levant and the Jazira, and that this location secures these regions from the attacks of the Byzantines, especially after their ...
SalahAlDeen Taha
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Introduction Mobility and migration in the early medieval Mediterranean
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 357-359, August 2023.
Claudia Rapp
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National-cultural and religious disappearance of the Christian countries of the Caucasus (Albania, Iberia, Armenia) from the V century was threatened by Persia.
V. Chelidze
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Sasanian Presence and Late Iron Age Samad in Central Oman, some Corrections [PDF]
The question arises as to the nature of Parthian and Sasanian presence in south-eastern Arabia. Important is the role of the archaeological record in Oman in the early first millennium CE.
Yule, Paul
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Gay in the Sasanian period: some preliminary notes on its circular urban plan [PDF]
This paper examines the Sasanian allegedly circular city of Gay, in the region of Isfahan. Material traces of the city have unfortunately been lost so we are forced to rely on Islamic literary sources alone.
Duva, Federica
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Renewal and perspectives in Iranian archaeology over the last two decades [PDF]
In memory of Olivier Lecomte. From Tureng Tepe to Ulug Depe a 45-year friendshipThese few pages provide a very schematic overview of archaeological research in Iran since the end of the 20th century.
Boucharlat, Rémy
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