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- The Tradition of the Ionian Colonisation of Asia Minor: Remarks on the Sources
- Greeks and non-Greeks in the City of Emporion and the Construction of Their Different Identities
- Seleukid Settlements: Between Ethnic Identity and Mobility
- Ptolemaic Foundations in Asia Minor and the Aegean as the Lagids' Political Tool
- Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern
- Coloniam deducere. Colonisation as an Instrument of the Roman Policy of Domination in Italy in the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC, as Illustrated by Settlements in the Ager Gallicus and Picenum
- Corinth after 44 BC: Ethnical and Cultural Changes
- Herulian Settlements in Byzantium under Emperors Anastasius and Justinian
- “ELECTRUM” – VOLUMES PUBLISHED
Herulian Settlements in Byzantium under Emperors Anastasius and Justinian
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- The Tradition of the Ionian Colonisation of Asia Minor: Remarks on the Sources
- Greeks and non-Greeks in the City of Emporion and the Construction of Their Different Identities
- Seleukid Settlements: Between Ethnic Identity and Mobility
- Ptolemaic Foundations in Asia Minor and the Aegean as the Lagids' Political Tool
- Die städtischen Eliten der Kolonien der syrischen Tetrapolis zwischen Seleukiden, Armeniern, Parthern und Römern
- Coloniam deducere. Colonisation as an Instrument of the Roman Policy of Domination in Italy in the 3rd and 2nd Centuries BC, as Illustrated by Settlements in the Ager Gallicus and Picenum
- Corinth after 44 BC: Ethnical and Cultural Changes
- Herulian Settlements in Byzantium under Emperors Anastasius and Justinian
- “ELECTRUM” – VOLUMES PUBLISHED
Summary
Abstract: The aim of this article is to draw attention to the need to intensify historical research on Herulian settlements in Byzantium under Emperors Anastasius and Justinian based on the analysis of written sources. The starting point for studying the history of the Heruli in Late Antiquity should be a historical analysis of the excursus devoted to them by Procopius of Caesarea in the book VI Wars. As a result of a historical analysis based on literal interpretation and critical examination, taking into account legal circumstances and the historical context, it can greatly contribute to our knowledge of Herulian history.
To sum up the results of the conducted research, it is possible to give quite a precise description of the relations between the empire and the Heruli based on an analysis of the accounts of Procopius of Caesarea and Marcellinus Comes. In 512, Emperor Anastasius settled the tribe on the empire's lands. Taking advantage of their difficult situation, he probably forced them into full subordination. It seems that the Heruli, deprived of their tribal organisation and striving to keep their independence, rebelled and attacked the Romans at the first opportunity, i.e. ca. 514. The imperial army managed to defeat them as early as 515 or 516, and Anastasius refused to give them the status of allies, i.e. improve their position. In this situation it seems most likely that the empire completely broke its ties with the Heruli and the tribe left the empire's lands.
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- Colonization in the Ancient World , pp. 163 - 176Publisher: Jagiellonian University PressPrint publication year: 2013