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The De Thematibus ('on the themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus - Translated with introductory chapters and notes (Hardcover)
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The De Thematibus ('on the themes') of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus - Translated with introductory chapters and notes (Hardcover)
Series: Translated Texts for Byzantinists, 11
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The 10th-century treatise on the military provinces (the 'themes')
of the medieval East Roman (Byzantine) empire is one of the most
enigmatic of the works ascribed to the emperor Constantine VII
Porphyrogennetos. A mix of historical geography, imperial
propaganda, historical information and legend or myth drawn from
ancient, Hellenistic as well as Roman and late Roman sources, it
was one of the emperor's earliest works, although the extent to
which he was its author remains debated. Its purpose, and the
emperor's aims in commissioning or writing it, are equally unclear,
since it offers neither an accurate historical account of the
evolution of the themata nor does it appear to draw on available
administrative material that would have been available to its
writer. It has remained until now untranslated into English and
thus inaccessible to many, in particular to students at all levels
both within and outside the field of Byzantine Studies, as well as
non-specialist readers. This volume is intended to rectify this
situation with a translation into English, accompanying detailed
notes, and three introductory chapters providing context and
background to the history of the text, Byzantine ideas about
geography, and the debate over the themata themselves.
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