Byzantine Chronicles and the Sixth Century

Roger Scott

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781409441106
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351219440
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

Byzantine chronicles have traditionally been regarded as a somewhat inferior form of Byzantine history writing, especially in comparison with 'classicizing' historians. The aim of many of these papers is both to rescue the reputation of the Byzantine chroniclers, especially Malalas and Theophanes, and also to provide some examples of how these two chroniclers in particular can be exploited usefully both to reveal aspects of the past itself, notably of the period of Justinian, and also of how the Byzantines interpreted their own past, which included on occasions rewriting that past to suit altered contemporary needs. For the period of Justinian in particular, proper attention to aspects of the humble Byzantine chronicle can also help achieve a better understanding of the period than that provided by the classicizing Procopius with his emphasis on war and conquest. By considering more general aspects of the place of history-writing in Byzantine culture, the papers also help explain why history remained such an important aspect of Byzantine culture.

INDEX

Abraham: II 42; XIV 155, 159

Acacian Schism: VI 5–7, 24

Academy (Plato’s of Athens): I 48; II 38, 44; IV 251; VI 3–4, 6–7, 24; VII 78; VIII 12, 22; XIII 20, 23, 26; XVII 31, 33; XIX 1–2, 6–8, 22

Achilles Tatius: XVII 44

Adam: II 43; III 69; VII 69, 83; IX 107; XIV 159–60; XV 61

adoption: XVIII 87, 92

adultery: I 44, 50; IV 257; XIV 153; XVI 121

Aeetes: VII 70

Aeneas: VII 68, 71, 73; XIV 159

Aeschylus: III 68

aetiology: VII 70–71, 74

Africa: VI 3, 8, 10, 13, 16, 23–5; IX 105; XIII 31; XVI 124; XVII 31

Africanus, Julius: III 68

Agamemnon: IV 261; VII 71

Agapetos diaconos: II 41; VII 82–3; XIX 12

Agapetos, Panagiolis: V 319–20

Agathias: I 35; II 39, 41; III 67–8; IV 253, 261; VI 2; VII 68, 71–2, 80–81, 84; IX 104, 106; XVII 42; XIX 5, 17, 21

Akathistos Hymn: VII 77

Akropolites, George: IV 260

Al-Mundhir: XI 163–4

Alexander (the great): III 64–5; VII 68

Alexander comes (ambassador): XI 161

Alexander the monk: XV 65–9

Alexandria: I 43; VI 13, 15–16, 18; VII 80; VIII 16–17; XIII 27; XV 63; XVI 125; XVII 32, 35; XVIII 92; XIX 1–2, 7

Alexios Komnenos (emperor 1081–1118): III 63, 65, 71; IV 253, 260–61; XII 55; XVII 42

Amazons: VII 70

Amer / Amergous: XII 59; XIII 30

Amida: ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• A. Historiography, Chronicles and the Sixth Century
• B. Malalas, Theophanes and the Sixth Century
• C. Malalas, Theophanes and Their Byzantine Past
• D. Reinterpreting the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
• Index