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The soldier’s life: martial virtues and hegemonic masculinity in the early Byzantine Empire

Medievalists.net — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:42:34 +0000

This dissertation argues that martial virtues and images of the soldier’s life represented an essential aspect of early Byzantine masculine ideology. It contends that in many of the visual and literary sources from the fourth to the seventh centuries CE, conceptualisations of the soldier’s life and the ideal manly life were often the same.

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Constantius and the Visigothic Settlement in Gaul

Medievalists.net — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:37:55 +0000

The emperor Honorius made an attempt during his reign to calm the turbulent region of Gaul by assigning one of his generals to the area and appointing him as the head of the regions armies.

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Byzantine Intelligence Service

Medievalists.net — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:22:24 +0000

The basis on which the successful administration of the Roman Empire at its zenith was built was the cursus publicus, or the state post. This organization also made the service of intelligence more effective.

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