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The Emperor Maurice and his historian : Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare / Michael Whitby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitby, Michael.
- Series:
- Oxford Historical Monographs
- Oxford historical monographs
- Oxford historical monographs The Emperor Maurice and his historian
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maurice, Emperor of the East, 539-602--Military leadership.
- Maurice.
- Simocatta, Theophylactus. Historiae.
- Simocatta, Theophylactus.
- Byzantine Empire--History--Maurice, 582-602.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 388 p. ) maps ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Emperor Maurice and His Historian
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Theophylact Simocatta, the last historian of classical antiquity, has in the past deterred investigators by the idiosyncrasies of his style. Through examination of Theophylact's narrative, and collation with other available evidence, Dr Whitby has unpicked the obscurities, biases, and errors to clear the way for a more accurate appreciation of the events of the reign of Emperor Maurice (582-602). Maurice's reign witnessed great struggles as the Romans attempted to defend their traditional frontiers on the Danube and in Mesopotamia and Armenia. In both areas, Maurice achieved great successes: in the Balkans, migrations of Slavs and invasions by Avars were held in check, if not completely halted; and in the east the emperor reinstated Khusro II, the legitimate Persian king, and attempted to forge a long-term peace. These events are important both in the historical geography of the Balkans and eastern frontier, and for understanding the fate of the post-Justinian Roman Empire. Whitby reveals the History as a work worthy of serious study in its own right as a product of the last flowering of classical Greek literature in antiquity.
- Notes:
- Based on the authors's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 1981, under the title: The Historiae of Theophylact Simocatta.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 359-369.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781280806704
- 1280806702
- OCLC:
- 1027160145
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb02881 hdl
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