Book Reviews: Shaun Tougher, The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society, Routledge: Abingdon–New York 2008, pp. XII, 244 [= Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies].
Journal Title: Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue
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Michał Zytka
Periodic Revival or Continuation of the Ancient Military Tradition? Another Look at the Question of the KATÁFRAKTOI in the Byzantine Army
This article discusses the question of origin and identity of katáfraktoi – heavy-armoured cavalry in Byzantium. In the specialist literature on the subject, there is a widespread opinion that the heavily-armoured elit...
Vom Nutzen der patristischen Literatur für die Erforschung der spätantiken Wirtschaft: das Beispiel der griechischen Kirchenväter des 4. Jahrhunderts
The writings of ancient Christian Writers are still an unappreciated group of sources in the study of the economy of Late Antiquity. They provide a vast amount of information, especially for attentive readers. Within the...
Book Reviews: Michał Stachura, Wrogowie porządku publicznego. Studium agresji językowej w Kodeksie Teodozjusza, Nowelach Postteodozjańskich i Konstytucjach Sirmondiańskich [Enemies of the Public Order. The Study of Language Aggression in the Theodosius Code, Post-Theodosian Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions], Towarzystwo Wydawnicze „Historia Iagellonica”, Kraków 2010, pp. 262.
Book Review.
Плач Адама и «адамический текст» в древнеславянской рукописной традиции
Apocryphal stories of Adam related to the subjects of the Paradise lost, Adam’s repentance and expulsion from Eden, life of Adam and Eve after the expulsion, the manuscript that Adam gave to Satan, the Holy Cross story...
Book Reviews: Боривоjе Маринковић, Заборављени братственици по перу [Forgotten Brothers of Writing], Службени Гласник, Београд 2011, pp. 359.
Book Review.