Constantine Porphyrogenitus De Administrando ImperioThis is a reprint of the second revised edition of the text and translation of the De Administrando Imperio written and compiled by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in the tenth century. It contains a wide variety of information on both foreign relations and internal administration and is one of the most important historical documents surviving from the Middle Byzantine period. Its confidential character and generally honest appraisal of the empireâe(tm)s political situation enhance its value for students of Byzantium and Europe during this period. The edition includes general and critical introductions, an index of proper names, and an extensive glossary, as well as grammatical notes and an index of sources and parallel passages. |
Contents
Foreword to the First Edition | 3 |
Περὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Χερσῶνος ἀποστελλομένων βασιλικῶν ἐν Πατζινακίᾳ | 7 |
54 | 26 |
56 | 34 |
List of Signs | 41 |
Of the coming of the Russians in monoxyla from Russia to Constantinople | 57 |
Περὶ τῆς Χαζαρίας πῶς δεῖ πολεμεῖσθαι καὶ παρὰ τίνων | 63 |
Περὶ τῆς γενεαλογίας τοῦ Μουχούμετ | 77 |
Περὶ τῶν Διοκλητιανῶν καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας | 162 |
Περὶ τῆς γενεαλογίας τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν Τούρκων καὶ ὅθεν κατάγονται | 170 |
Περὶ τῆς χώρας τῆς Μοραβίας | 180 |
Περὶ τῆς χώρας τοῦ Ταρών | 188 |
Περὶ τῆς χώρας τοῦ Απαχουνῆς καὶ τοῦ κάστρου τοῦ Μανζικίερτ καὶ τοῦ Περκρὶ | 198 |
Περὶ τῶν Ἰβήρων | 204 |
Περὶ τῆς γενεαλογίας τῶν Ἰβήρων καὶ τοῦ κάστρου Αρδανουτζίου | 214 |
Ὁ ζητῶν ὅπως τῇ τῶν Πατρῶν ἐκκλησίᾳ οἱ Σκλάβοι δουλεύειν καὶ ὑποκεῖσθαι | 228 |
Δεύτερος ἀρχηγὸς τῶν Αράβων Αβουβάχαρ ἔτη τρία | 83 |
Τέταρτος Αράβων ἀρχηγός Οὐθμάν | 84 |
Περὶ Ἰβηρίας καὶ Ἱσπανίας | 98 |
Περὶ τοῦ θέματος Λαγουβαρδίας καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ πριγκιπάτων καὶ ἀρχοντιῶν | 112 |
Διήγησις περὶ τοῦ θέματος Δελματίας | 138 |
Περὶ τῶν Σέρβλων καὶ ἧς νῦν οἰκοῦσι χώρας | 152 |
Περὶ τοῦ τίνι τρόπῳ γέγονεν τὸ βασιλικὸν δρομώνιον καὶ περὶ τῶν πρωτοκαρά | 246 |
Story of the city of Cherson | 259 |
Index of Proper Names | 288 |
Glossary | 314 |
Grammatical Notes | 333 |