The dromos and Byzantine Communications, Diplomacy, and Bureaucracy, 518–1204
Seiten
2023
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-68127-9 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-68127-9 (ISBN)
Tells the story of the Byzantine “pony express,” a network of routes that connected Constantinople with its hinterlands, examining its administrative, diplomatic, and bureaucratic significance and highlighting its importance in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
The postal system of the Byzantine Empire, the cursus publicus or dromos, was a pony express-style system of routes and relays, capable of moving messages at up to 100 miles (160 km) per day. In this fascinating book, Jason Fossella describes the infrastructure, operations, and administration of the dromos.
Drawing on sources as varied as papyri, seals, inscriptions, and ancient histories, the author examines how the dromos was integrated into Byzantine society and influenced the development of Byzantine diplomacy, ceremony, and religion, demonstrating that it played a key role in the development of Byzantine imperial power.
The postal system of the Byzantine Empire, the cursus publicus or dromos, was a pony express-style system of routes and relays, capable of moving messages at up to 100 miles (160 km) per day. In this fascinating book, Jason Fossella describes the infrastructure, operations, and administration of the dromos.
Drawing on sources as varied as papyri, seals, inscriptions, and ancient histories, the author examines how the dromos was integrated into Byzantine society and influenced the development of Byzantine diplomacy, ceremony, and religion, demonstrating that it played a key role in the development of Byzantine imperial power.
Jason Fossella, Ph.D. (2014), Saint Louis University, is instructor of Latin and Greek at that university. This is his first book.
AcknowledgementsI
List of Tables and FiguresII
AbbreviationsI
Introduction
1 The Late Roman cursus publicus (Sixth and Seventh Centuries)
1 Operations and Infrastructure
2 The cursus publicus in Late Roman State and Society
2 The Byzantine dromos (762–1204)
1 Operations and Infrastructure
2 The dromos in Byzantine State and Society
Conclusions
Appendix 1: Minor Officials of the dromos
1 Prōtonotaries
2 Chartularies
3 Other Officials
Appendix 2: Logothetes of the dromos
Appendix 3: Seals
Appendix 4: A Note on the Date of Leo Rhabdouchos’s Tenure as Logothete
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Medieval Mediterranean ; 137 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 491 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-68127-2 / 9004681272 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-68127-9 / 9789004681279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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