Die frommen Byzantiner und ihre bosen Nachbarn: Das 7. Jahrhundert (582?717) in der Chronographie des Theophanes Homologetes. Einleitung, Ubersetzung, Kommentar

The monk Theophanes (818) reports on the period from 284/5 to 812/3 AD in simple language and a clear, chronological text. According to Theophanes, the 7th century was the decisive epoch in the history of the Byzantine Empire, encompassing the last Persian Wars and the empire's first confrontations with the Arabs, who had been newly converted to Islam by the Prophet Muhammad. Other central themes are the settlement of Slavic tribes in south—eastern Europe in the wake of the Avar campaigns o...