Saksagan
Greek word as do-goodism
The old model was fading. In the later empire, more and more of the euergetism (one might render that Greek word as do-goodism) came...
Theoderic more enlightened
We, of course, would like to see Theoderic more enlightened still. Then by a familiar rhetorical ploy he could be the idealized barbarian with...
To all Jews who live in Genoa
Those Jews of Genoa had addressed their ruler, as they would have done a century or two earlier no less frankly, to ask for...
From Alican and Dilucu border gates to Karakale
Igdir is known for its borders with three countries. The border with Armenia is ver. close. Alican border gate connects Igdir with Erivan and...
Basil II part 19
15. Psellus seems to have misunderstood the chronology of Basil’s reign, for the Lord Chamberlain was deposed in 985 and died in exile soon...
Basil II part 18
3. Basil the Lord Chamberlain (parakoimomenus) was the illegitimate son off Romanus I Lecapenus (9l9-944) and had been promoted to his high office by...
Basil II part 17
When he gave rein to his horse and rode in the assault, he was erect and firm in his saddle, riding uphill and downhill...
Basil II part 16
34. Basil’s character was two-fold, for he readily adapted himself no less to the crises of war than to the calm of peace. Really,...
Basil II part 15
His experience of army matters went further than that: the duties of the protostate,**20 the duties of the hemilochites, **21 the tasks proper to...
