Original scientific paper

Byzantium on the Adriatic from 550 till 800

Ivo Goldstein ; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Byzantine Adriatic was between 550 and 800 an ethnically heterogeneous marginal area with a specific economy and cultural variety. This period differ from the earlier and later periods of Byzantine presence on the Adriatic, and especially on the eastern Adriatic coast. Population in this area felt threatened by the aggressive hinterland Lombards and Slavs, the Croats and Serbs. Their adherence to the idea of the Empire made it impossible to impose any other policy or rule.

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Hrčak ID:

179451

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/179451

Publication date:

1.5.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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