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- Title
REVISITING THE SOURCES OF LEO THE DEACON The Case of the Excerpta Constantiniana.
- Authors
MARKOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS
- Abstract
This paper takes a fresh look at the sources of Leo the Deacon and comments on what has been written about them by other Byzantinists. It will also study Leo the Deacon's style of writing, which is certainly innovative, since the History he authored stands apart from the historiographical works that preceded it, as it seeks to meld the new historiography that had emerged from the circle of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos with the classical tradition. And Leo blazes new trails by praising specific individuals, the vast majority of them military men, around whose actions and achievements - on the field of battle, in the main - his narrative near exclusively revolves. The paper then goes on to indicate that one of the most important texts that has been identified as a source of Leo's History is the Pophyrogennetos' vast collection conventionally labelled the Excerpta Constantiniana; the Excerpta are then re-evaluated, particularly in terms of their links to Leo, which turn out to be close, as a number of examples illustrate.
- Subjects
CONSTANTINE VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East, 905-959; BYZANTINISTS; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORIANS; NARRATIVES
- Publication
Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2023, Vol 60, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
0584-9888
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2298/ZRVI2360061M