Polis and Kastron in Theophanes and in some other historical texts
Year: 1998
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The idea that the ancient polis underwent a crisis not only in the West but also on the territory of the Protobyzantine empire seems now fairly established. In a recent book on Manuel I’s reign, Paul Magdalino states without doubts: «In many ways, it must seem that the vast majority of Byzantine towns were rural outposts, or at best cheap replicas, of Constantinople. Whether they had survived from Late Antiquity, or came into being after the ‘Dark Age’ crisis, they did so as kastra: fortress...
Source: Éditions de la Sorbonne eBooks
Author: Alexander Kazhdan
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2337372134