Byzantine Papers: Proceedings of the First Australian
Byzantine Studies Conference
The
Byzantines never bothered to ask such questions because they never needed to.
For the first time, grape seeds from the
Byzantine era have been found.
This summary of Leslie Brubaker and John Haldon's Byzantium in the Iconoclast Era has the same primary purpose as that longer book: to show that what
Byzantine sources and most modern scholars have said about iconoclasm is false.
The
Byzantine era began with the transfer of the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to the site of ancient Byzantium on the Bosphorus in the year A.D.
The eleven chapters in this volume represent a new stage in the study of the LXX and its influence on
Byzantine art, culture, politics, and religion.
The Turks scarcely had to strike a blow as the
Byzantines seemed intent on destroying themselves.
Luttwak does a very good job in describing how the
Byzantines were able to use their effective network of intelligence, diplomats, and allies to become aware of any potential and emerging threats, deal with those threats early on, fall back on new methods and techniques if the threats continued to grow, and then ultimately deal with the threats directly.
Luttwak recognizes that the
Byzantines did not understand or practice strategy as we do today, but he contends they consistently behaved in line with a recognizable strategy that developed over time.
The
Byzantines faced a large, capable Persian force that did not hesitate to mass against their smaller army.
She focuses on the
Byzantines at the Blachernai church and the Hodegon monasteries in Constantinople who attributed victories over the Avars to the Virgin Mary's intercession and therefore venerated her as their leader and protector, especially in war.