Греческая версия «Истории Армении» Агафангела / Предисловие, перевод и комментарий Н. В. Белова, А. Ю. Виноградова, Д. Д. Лихачевой и А. В. Ляхович под редакцией А. Ю. Виноградова. М., 2024, 2024
«История Армении» Агафангела – важнейший источник по начальной истории Армянской Церкви и раннему... more «История Армении» Агафангела – важнейший источник по начальной истории Армянской Церкви и раннему христианству на Кавказе вообще. Его оригинальная редакция сохранилась в армянской и греческой редакциях. В настоящей книге публикуется первый перевод на русский язык греческой версии «Истории Армении» Агафангела. Перевод выполнен с последнего критического издания текста и снабжен предисловием и комментариями, где отмечены все персоналии, топонимы, реалии и агиографические топосы, а также даны ссылки на Священное Писание и другие источники. Издание предназначено для всех интересующихся историей христианства на Кавказе.
Виноградов А. Ю. Еще одно раннее свидетельство о Руси? // Античная древность и средние века. 2024. Т. 51. С. 232-240., 2023
The article discusses the question of the ethnonym Ῥουσ- in the Byzantine literature, attested in... more The article discusses the question of the ethnonym Ῥουσ- in the Byzantine literature, attested in the tenth and eleventh centuries, either as part of an adjective, or in sources under Rus’ian influence, and then disappearing until the fifteenth century. In this connection, the question arises whether the ethnonym Ῥούσιος actually existed, as documented by Liutprand of Cremona, but could be explained as an influence of the Latin language. The readers’ attention is drawn to the ethnonym Ῥούσιοι in the list of the peoples conquered by Alexander the Great, known in two manuscripts of the edition γ of the Greek Alexander Romance. Despite the presence of a number of fantastic peoples in this list, Ῥούσιοι were the real “barbarians” and, along with Χουνάβιοι, belonged to the source’s latest layer, dating from the tenth century. Several arguments make it necessary to identify them with Rus’. Thus, the first evidence of the ethnonym Ῥούσιοι appears on purely Greek soil, as well as the possibility to date this list of peoples. However, the use of the early ethnonym Ῥούσιοι allows the one to date to the period before the twelfth century this list of peoples from the edition γ of the Greek “Alexander Romance,” the earliest manuscripts of which date back to the fourteenth century.
Виноградов А. Ю. Роль брака в формировании преданий о крещении Владимира Святославича // Восточная Европа в древности и средневековье. 2023. № 36. С. 30-34., 2024
Vinogradov A., Feissel D. Deux inscriptions byzantines de Macédoine et de Thrace découvertes par F. Uspenskij en 1898 et 1912 // Traveaux et memoires. 2023. Vol. 27. P. 541-552., 2023
Two previously unpublished Greek inscriptions from the 6th century have been found in the collect... more Two previously unpublished Greek inscriptions from the 6th century have been found in the collection of squeezes of the former Russian Archaeological Institute at Constantinople, kept in Saint Petersburg. 1) The epitaph of Laurentios had been discovered in 1898 in Bitola, ancient Heraclea Lyncestis. Described as an “orthodox father” and “crowned by the seats of priests,” Laurentios, who died in 536, was probably bishop of Heraclea. This is probably also the case with Epiphanios, whose epitaph is republished here because some of its formulas are also present in that of Laurentios. 2) The epitaph of the priest Adolios, discovered in 1912 at Didymoteichon, ancient Plotinopolis, is dated to the consulate of Belisarius in 535.
Об обстоятельствах, дате кончины и церковной памяти архиепископа Нифонта Новгородского // Новгородский исторический сборник. Вып. 20 (30), 2023
Новгородского архиепископа Нифонта можно считать одним из наиболее выдающихся церковно-политическ... more Новгородского архиепископа Нифонта можно считать одним из наиболее выдающихся церковно-политических деятелей Руси второй трети XII в. Об этом свидетельствует, в частности, тот факт, что о его кончине упо- мянуто во всех трех основных древних летописях: Киевской, Суздальской и Новгородской Владычной, причем в первой и последней он удостоен про- странного некролога. Однако некоторые обстоятельства его кончины до сих пор вызывают споры или не вполне прояснены. Именно им и посвящена на- стоящая работа.
Виноградов А. Ю. Toponymica Pontica 3. О мнимых и реальных сугдейских топонимах // Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы. 2023. С. 428-430.
Одна из главных проблем в изучении топонимики Северного Причерноморья – наши отрывочные знания о ... more Одна из главных проблем в изучении топонимики Северного Причерноморья – наши отрывочные знания о ней, которые по крохам собираются из данных письменных источников, надписей, этнографии и т.п. Поэтому открытие сразу нескольких локальных топонимов – всегда весьма важное событие для топонимики региона. В настоящей заметке речь пойдет о нескольких топонимах средневековой Сугдеи (совр. Судак), читаемых в одной из глосс на полях «Сугдейского синаксаря» и введенных в научный оборот М. Нистазопулу. Более тщательное изучение глоссы дает возможность прочесть название Сугдейской горы – Даут.
The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the bear... more The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the beard of another one or two persons pull the beard each other. These scenes are relatively widespread (Western Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Albania), their date is between VI and XII centuries. In result of the research some scenes are identified (“Joseph’s dream”, illustration to one of the apocryphal episodes of “Acts of John”). The possible meanings of the scenes in question are also specified.
Княгиня Ольга и Константинополь: бродячие сюжеты и изменчивые надписи // Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4: История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения. 2023. Т. 28. № 6. С. 92-103, 2023
Introduction. The author proposes a new reconstruction of two episodes concerning Princess Olga i... more Introduction. The author proposes a new reconstruction of two episodes concerning Princess Olga in the chronicles and Prolog, which allows to clarify the overall picture of the development of the pre-Mongol legend about the baptism of Olga and her trip to Constantinople. Analysis. In the early chronicles, two layers of narrative about Olga's trip to Constantinople are clearly distinguishable. The original story contained only the relationship between Olga and Emperor Ioannes Tzimiskes: the author had a good knowledge of the realities of Byzantine politics in the 960s, probably from the Byzantine chronicles. However, the story itself is too fictionalized, and its author, who inscribes Olga's trip in 946 and her baptism in a completely different chronological frame-the turn of the 960-970s, had to work in the 1060s-early 1070s imitating stories about a wise pagan princess from an older chronicle. Probably, in the "Initial Compilation" this 'secular' story was 'Christianized, but not quite harmoniously. In this form, the story of Olga's trip and baptism was included in the "Tale of Bygone Years", but in its recension the "unhistorical" Ioannes Tzimiskes was replaced-probably on the basis of Byzantine chronicles-by the 'historical' Constantine VII. However, the chronicles of the late 11 th-early 12 th century do not know Olga's cross, which, according to the Prolog, stood in the 1160s in the altar of St. Sofia of Kiev. It was either a "fixation" of the historical memory of the first baptist of Rus', or a contribution of a 12 th century princess with the same name (e.g., of the daughter of Yuri Dolgorukiy and a Byzantine princess). The author of the Prolog combined excerpts from the "Tale of Bygone Years" with the story of Olga's cross, also "historicizing" the patriarch, who became now Photios, and creating the basis for the entire further hagiographic tradition of the princess.
Виноградов А. Ю. Выборы епископов в Русской Церкви домонгольского периода // ASPIRATIO. ЖУРНАЛ ЦЕРКОВНО-ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ. 2023. № 1. С. 10-45., 2023
The author reconstructs the process of the election of hierarchs in pre-Mongol Rus’. Analysis of ... more The author reconstructs the process of the election of hierarchs in pre-Mongol Rus’. Analysis of sources shows that there were four models of such elections. The fi rst and, apparently, the most common in Russia is the nomination of a hierarch by a prince and its approval by a metropolitan or patriarch (in the case of a metropolitan). The second, typologically similar, is the election of a candidate by the citizens and local clerics, with a possible participation of the local prince and its coordination with the metropolitan (and later without him), typical for Novgorod since the mid-12th c. and, perhaps, emerging in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of the late 12th c. These two models correspond to the norms of “Procheiron” and “Epanagoge”. The third is the choice of a candidate by the Metropolitan of Kiev, which, however, is described directly only once, in 1183 or 1185, and which took place when the power of the Kiev prince was weakening, and stumbled upon the resistance of the Vladimir-Suzdal prince and the citizens; it speaks rather in favour of the marginal character
of such an option, approved by Alexios Aristenos and mentioned (but not approved) by Theodoros Balsamonos. In all these variants, the choice of a candidate by the council of bishops (fourth model) prescribed by the canons is not mentioned; it is known only when the metropolitan of Kiev was elected in 1147 (and possibly 1051). Therefore, in pre-Mongol Rus’, as in the Middle-Byzantine Empire, there was a competition of models for choosing a hierarch, the choice of which depended mainly on political factors.
Виноградов А. Ю. Церковная архитектура государств византийской ойкумены в XIII веке: в поисках нового стиля // В кн.: Между Востоком и Западом. Александр Невский , его эпоха и образ в искусстве. , 2023
After the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the subsequent Mongol invasion, in most Orthodox sta... more After the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the subsequent Mongol invasion, in most Orthodox states, after some time – different in different areas – the revival of monumental building activity began, primarily for the visual representation of new polities. In the late Byzantine states of the 13th century, the dominant tendency was to focus on prestigious local samples, emphasizing the continuity of the architectural tradition of the region. Sometimes several elements of external influences were added in accordance with the geography of the region: of the Georgian and Seljuk in the Trebizond Empire, and of the Southern Italian in the Epirus. At the same time, in the case of buildings of exceptional status, we see a different orientation – to prestigious examples of the earlier Constantinopolitan architecture, which emphasizes the succession not to the local tradition, but to the best monuments of the imperial past, although sometimes these trends were combined in one building. A special case is the Early Palaeologan Constantinople: it focuses equally on the Middle Byzantine architecture of the City (in construction) and the architecture of the Nicean Empire (in the decoration of facades). In the church architecture of Georgia at the turn from the 13th to the 14th century, there are two parallel trends: the imitation of samples of the early 13th century (foundations of Beka Jaqeli) and the original search based on the combination of heterogeneous and different architectural forms (Metekhi church). In Rus', the main trend in new church buildings was also an imitation of old patterns, exactly of the local architectural tradition of the early 13th century. However, within this general trend, two different paths can be distinguished. In Southwestern Rus' and Novgorod, neighbouring the states of the Catholic world, local samples were reinterpreted in new architectural, technical and artistic forms by craftsmen invited from these counties (as in Serbia). On the contrary, in the Tver and Moscow Principalities, located to the east, in the late 13th and the early 14th centuries, there was no Western influence, and the main source of inspiration became the last stage of the pre-Mongol architecture of Vladimir Principality. The reason for this was rather a desire to reproduce the impressive churches of Vladimir, from where the princes of Tver and Moscow originated. In this imitation of a prestigious model, distant, but from their own past, they show the similar orientation as to the architecture of the fallen Constantinople among some rulers of the late Byzantine states, who considered themselves the successors of the Komnenoi.
The author discusses the newly found Greek inscriptions from Lasica, from the basilica on Machkho... more The author discusses the newly found Greek inscriptions from Lasica, from the basilica on Machkhomeri Hill near Khobi dated to the 6th c. CE, with three Greek words and expressions having non-standard meanings. The only possible interpretation of the expression ἔχετε ἐν παραθέκῃ (sic) that comes to mind is “to have or keep as a pledge, to have or keep entrusted” i. e. the martyrs must keep the soul of the founder Gorgonios, which he entrusted to them as a pledge of his own salvation. The standard meanings of the term κατοίκησις as “settling” or “dwelling, abode” do not correspond to the context of the list of the benefactors either as an act or as a locus, as well as the early Byzantine meaning “government, administration”. It should mean here a burial, which could be understood as a new dwelling of the body or even a shrine for the relics (probably one of the Forty Martyrs), which appeared in Machkhomeri in connection with the rebuilding of the basilica and which was placed in the ...
Toponymica Pontica 3. О мнимых и реальных сугдейских топонимах // Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы. 2023 год: Черноморский регион в антично- сти и раннем средневековье: проблемы исторической географии / Отв. ред. тома А.В. Подоси- нов. – М.: ГАУГН ПРЕСС, 2023. С. 428-431, 2023
One of the main problems in studying the toponymy of the Northern Black Sea region is our fragmen... more One of the main problems in studying the toponymy of the Northern Black Sea region is our fragmentary knowledge about it, which is collected bit by bit from written sources, inscriptions, ethnography, etc. Therefore, the discovery of several local toponyms is always a very important event for the toponymy of a region. This note will focus on several toponyms of the medieval Sugdea (modern Sudak), read in one of the glosses in the margins of the Sugdean Synaxarium and introduced into scientific circulation by M. Nystazopoulou. A more thorough study of the glosses makes it possible to read the name of the Sugdean mountain – Daut.
Происхождение и судьба византийских строителей Владимира Святославича и его сыновей: «константинопольское» и «неконстантинопольское» в зодчестве Руси конца Х – середины XI века // Искусство византийского мира 2: Сборник статей памяти О.С. Поповой / Отв. ред. И.А. Орецкая. М., 2023. С. 38-69, 2023
The article deals with the question of the origin of the Byzantine master builders working in Rus... more The article deals with the question of the origin of the Byzantine master builders working in Rus’ from the late 10th until the mid‑11th century. Three building crews can be distinguished: the builders of Valdimir’s Tithe Church, the masters of the first stage of Mstislav’s Saviour Cathedral in Chernigov, and the master builders of Yaroslav’s buildings. The first two crews came apparently from the Black Sea region: the first one brought in 989 the tradition of cross-shaped pillars and buttress arches and originated most likely from Cherson, and the second one (in the early 1030s) built of stone and bricks using ‘atectonic’ blind arches on the facades and came probably from the Northeastern or Eastern Black Sea region. From the very beginning of their work (St. Sophia in Kiev, the early 1030s) Yaroslav’s master builders demonstrate a combination of elements from Constantinople and ‘Helladic school,’ combined on Russian soil with the Eastern Byzantine tradition of cross-shaped pillars and buttress arches. Traces of Vladimir’s crew get lost after the completion of the Tithe Church. Plinth-makers and, possibly, masons from Mstislav’s crew could later join the masters of Yaroslav Vladimirovich in Chernigov. In turn, Yaroslav’s masters after the completion of St. St. Sophia, the Golden Gate in Kiev with the Annunciation church and the construction of the Tithe Church, about 1037, moved to Chernigov to finish work on the Saviour Cathedral, where they joined Byzantine plinth-makers from Mstislav’s crew, and then moved to Novgorod for the construction of St. Sophia in 1045–1050. Probably, the same crew built in the early 1050s the last churches of Yaroslav – St. George and St. Irene in Kiev. Thus, during the Yaroslav’s activity in building the stone churches, we see the work of only one crew: until 1037 in Kiev, in the late 1030s (and early 1040s?) in Chernigov, in 1045–1050 in Novgorod and in the early 1050s again in Kiev. However, traces of the plinth-makers of the first, Kiev stage of this crew can be traced in Russia until the 1070s, when the plinth characteristics of them were still found in the main part of the church of the Vydubitsy monastery. But most likely, the Greek masters left Russia after Yaroslav’s death in 1054, and partly even earlier, in the second half of the 1030s (probably the early Yaroslav’s plinth-makers of the Mstislav’s masters of the Saviour Cathedral in Chernigov), giving way to their former local apprentices. Keywords: Old Russian architecture, Byzantine architecture, Kiev, Chernigov, Novgorod, Constantinople, Cherson, Black Sea region, “Helladic school,” Vladimir Svyatoslavich, Mstislav Vladimirovich, Yaroslav Vladimirovich, plinth.
Греческая версия «Истории Армении» Агафангела / Предисловие, перевод и комментарий Н. В. Белова, А. Ю. Виноградова, Д. Д. Лихачевой и А. В. Ляхович под редакцией А. Ю. Виноградова. М., 2024, 2024
«История Армении» Агафангела – важнейший источник по начальной истории Армянской Церкви и раннему... more «История Армении» Агафангела – важнейший источник по начальной истории Армянской Церкви и раннему христианству на Кавказе вообще. Его оригинальная редакция сохранилась в армянской и греческой редакциях. В настоящей книге публикуется первый перевод на русский язык греческой версии «Истории Армении» Агафангела. Перевод выполнен с последнего критического издания текста и снабжен предисловием и комментариями, где отмечены все персоналии, топонимы, реалии и агиографические топосы, а также даны ссылки на Священное Писание и другие источники. Издание предназначено для всех интересующихся историей христианства на Кавказе.
Виноградов А. Ю. Еще одно раннее свидетельство о Руси? // Античная древность и средние века. 2024. Т. 51. С. 232-240., 2023
The article discusses the question of the ethnonym Ῥουσ- in the Byzantine literature, attested in... more The article discusses the question of the ethnonym Ῥουσ- in the Byzantine literature, attested in the tenth and eleventh centuries, either as part of an adjective, or in sources under Rus’ian influence, and then disappearing until the fifteenth century. In this connection, the question arises whether the ethnonym Ῥούσιος actually existed, as documented by Liutprand of Cremona, but could be explained as an influence of the Latin language. The readers’ attention is drawn to the ethnonym Ῥούσιοι in the list of the peoples conquered by Alexander the Great, known in two manuscripts of the edition γ of the Greek Alexander Romance. Despite the presence of a number of fantastic peoples in this list, Ῥούσιοι were the real “barbarians” and, along with Χουνάβιοι, belonged to the source’s latest layer, dating from the tenth century. Several arguments make it necessary to identify them with Rus’. Thus, the first evidence of the ethnonym Ῥούσιοι appears on purely Greek soil, as well as the possibility to date this list of peoples. However, the use of the early ethnonym Ῥούσιοι allows the one to date to the period before the twelfth century this list of peoples from the edition γ of the Greek “Alexander Romance,” the earliest manuscripts of which date back to the fourteenth century.
Виноградов А. Ю. Роль брака в формировании преданий о крещении Владимира Святославича // Восточная Европа в древности и средневековье. 2023. № 36. С. 30-34., 2024
Vinogradov A., Feissel D. Deux inscriptions byzantines de Macédoine et de Thrace découvertes par F. Uspenskij en 1898 et 1912 // Traveaux et memoires. 2023. Vol. 27. P. 541-552., 2023
Two previously unpublished Greek inscriptions from the 6th century have been found in the collect... more Two previously unpublished Greek inscriptions from the 6th century have been found in the collection of squeezes of the former Russian Archaeological Institute at Constantinople, kept in Saint Petersburg. 1) The epitaph of Laurentios had been discovered in 1898 in Bitola, ancient Heraclea Lyncestis. Described as an “orthodox father” and “crowned by the seats of priests,” Laurentios, who died in 536, was probably bishop of Heraclea. This is probably also the case with Epiphanios, whose epitaph is republished here because some of its formulas are also present in that of Laurentios. 2) The epitaph of the priest Adolios, discovered in 1912 at Didymoteichon, ancient Plotinopolis, is dated to the consulate of Belisarius in 535.
Об обстоятельствах, дате кончины и церковной памяти архиепископа Нифонта Новгородского // Новгородский исторический сборник. Вып. 20 (30), 2023
Новгородского архиепископа Нифонта можно считать одним из наиболее выдающихся церковно-политическ... more Новгородского архиепископа Нифонта можно считать одним из наиболее выдающихся церковно-политических деятелей Руси второй трети XII в. Об этом свидетельствует, в частности, тот факт, что о его кончине упо- мянуто во всех трех основных древних летописях: Киевской, Суздальской и Новгородской Владычной, причем в первой и последней он удостоен про- странного некролога. Однако некоторые обстоятельства его кончины до сих пор вызывают споры или не вполне прояснены. Именно им и посвящена на- стоящая работа.
Виноградов А. Ю. Toponymica Pontica 3. О мнимых и реальных сугдейских топонимах // Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы. 2023. С. 428-430.
Одна из главных проблем в изучении топонимики Северного Причерноморья – наши отрывочные знания о ... more Одна из главных проблем в изучении топонимики Северного Причерноморья – наши отрывочные знания о ней, которые по крохам собираются из данных письменных источников, надписей, этнографии и т.п. Поэтому открытие сразу нескольких локальных топонимов – всегда весьма важное событие для топонимики региона. В настоящей заметке речь пойдет о нескольких топонимах средневековой Сугдеи (совр. Судак), читаемых в одной из глосс на полях «Сугдейского синаксаря» и введенных в научный оборот М. Нистазопулу. Более тщательное изучение глоссы дает возможность прочесть название Сугдейской горы – Даут.
The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the bear... more The article deals with the problem of interpretation of the scene where one person pulls the beard of another one or two persons pull the beard each other. These scenes are relatively widespread (Western Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Albania), their date is between VI and XII centuries. In result of the research some scenes are identified (“Joseph’s dream”, illustration to one of the apocryphal episodes of “Acts of John”). The possible meanings of the scenes in question are also specified.
Княгиня Ольга и Константинополь: бродячие сюжеты и изменчивые надписи // Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4: История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения. 2023. Т. 28. № 6. С. 92-103, 2023
Introduction. The author proposes a new reconstruction of two episodes concerning Princess Olga i... more Introduction. The author proposes a new reconstruction of two episodes concerning Princess Olga in the chronicles and Prolog, which allows to clarify the overall picture of the development of the pre-Mongol legend about the baptism of Olga and her trip to Constantinople. Analysis. In the early chronicles, two layers of narrative about Olga's trip to Constantinople are clearly distinguishable. The original story contained only the relationship between Olga and Emperor Ioannes Tzimiskes: the author had a good knowledge of the realities of Byzantine politics in the 960s, probably from the Byzantine chronicles. However, the story itself is too fictionalized, and its author, who inscribes Olga's trip in 946 and her baptism in a completely different chronological frame-the turn of the 960-970s, had to work in the 1060s-early 1070s imitating stories about a wise pagan princess from an older chronicle. Probably, in the "Initial Compilation" this 'secular' story was 'Christianized, but not quite harmoniously. In this form, the story of Olga's trip and baptism was included in the "Tale of Bygone Years", but in its recension the "unhistorical" Ioannes Tzimiskes was replaced-probably on the basis of Byzantine chronicles-by the 'historical' Constantine VII. However, the chronicles of the late 11 th-early 12 th century do not know Olga's cross, which, according to the Prolog, stood in the 1160s in the altar of St. Sofia of Kiev. It was either a "fixation" of the historical memory of the first baptist of Rus', or a contribution of a 12 th century princess with the same name (e.g., of the daughter of Yuri Dolgorukiy and a Byzantine princess). The author of the Prolog combined excerpts from the "Tale of Bygone Years" with the story of Olga's cross, also "historicizing" the patriarch, who became now Photios, and creating the basis for the entire further hagiographic tradition of the princess.
Виноградов А. Ю. Выборы епископов в Русской Церкви домонгольского периода // ASPIRATIO. ЖУРНАЛ ЦЕРКОВНО-ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ. 2023. № 1. С. 10-45., 2023
The author reconstructs the process of the election of hierarchs in pre-Mongol Rus’. Analysis of ... more The author reconstructs the process of the election of hierarchs in pre-Mongol Rus’. Analysis of sources shows that there were four models of such elections. The fi rst and, apparently, the most common in Russia is the nomination of a hierarch by a prince and its approval by a metropolitan or patriarch (in the case of a metropolitan). The second, typologically similar, is the election of a candidate by the citizens and local clerics, with a possible participation of the local prince and its coordination with the metropolitan (and later without him), typical for Novgorod since the mid-12th c. and, perhaps, emerging in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of the late 12th c. These two models correspond to the norms of “Procheiron” and “Epanagoge”. The third is the choice of a candidate by the Metropolitan of Kiev, which, however, is described directly only once, in 1183 or 1185, and which took place when the power of the Kiev prince was weakening, and stumbled upon the resistance of the Vladimir-Suzdal prince and the citizens; it speaks rather in favour of the marginal character
of such an option, approved by Alexios Aristenos and mentioned (but not approved) by Theodoros Balsamonos. In all these variants, the choice of a candidate by the council of bishops (fourth model) prescribed by the canons is not mentioned; it is known only when the metropolitan of Kiev was elected in 1147 (and possibly 1051). Therefore, in pre-Mongol Rus’, as in the Middle-Byzantine Empire, there was a competition of models for choosing a hierarch, the choice of which depended mainly on political factors.
Виноградов А. Ю. Церковная архитектура государств византийской ойкумены в XIII веке: в поисках нового стиля // В кн.: Между Востоком и Западом. Александр Невский , его эпоха и образ в искусстве. , 2023
After the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the subsequent Mongol invasion, in most Orthodox sta... more After the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and the subsequent Mongol invasion, in most Orthodox states, after some time – different in different areas – the revival of monumental building activity began, primarily for the visual representation of new polities. In the late Byzantine states of the 13th century, the dominant tendency was to focus on prestigious local samples, emphasizing the continuity of the architectural tradition of the region. Sometimes several elements of external influences were added in accordance with the geography of the region: of the Georgian and Seljuk in the Trebizond Empire, and of the Southern Italian in the Epirus. At the same time, in the case of buildings of exceptional status, we see a different orientation – to prestigious examples of the earlier Constantinopolitan architecture, which emphasizes the succession not to the local tradition, but to the best monuments of the imperial past, although sometimes these trends were combined in one building. A special case is the Early Palaeologan Constantinople: it focuses equally on the Middle Byzantine architecture of the City (in construction) and the architecture of the Nicean Empire (in the decoration of facades). In the church architecture of Georgia at the turn from the 13th to the 14th century, there are two parallel trends: the imitation of samples of the early 13th century (foundations of Beka Jaqeli) and the original search based on the combination of heterogeneous and different architectural forms (Metekhi church). In Rus', the main trend in new church buildings was also an imitation of old patterns, exactly of the local architectural tradition of the early 13th century. However, within this general trend, two different paths can be distinguished. In Southwestern Rus' and Novgorod, neighbouring the states of the Catholic world, local samples were reinterpreted in new architectural, technical and artistic forms by craftsmen invited from these counties (as in Serbia). On the contrary, in the Tver and Moscow Principalities, located to the east, in the late 13th and the early 14th centuries, there was no Western influence, and the main source of inspiration became the last stage of the pre-Mongol architecture of Vladimir Principality. The reason for this was rather a desire to reproduce the impressive churches of Vladimir, from where the princes of Tver and Moscow originated. In this imitation of a prestigious model, distant, but from their own past, they show the similar orientation as to the architecture of the fallen Constantinople among some rulers of the late Byzantine states, who considered themselves the successors of the Komnenoi.
The author discusses the newly found Greek inscriptions from Lasica, from the basilica on Machkho... more The author discusses the newly found Greek inscriptions from Lasica, from the basilica on Machkhomeri Hill near Khobi dated to the 6th c. CE, with three Greek words and expressions having non-standard meanings. The only possible interpretation of the expression ἔχετε ἐν παραθέκῃ (sic) that comes to mind is “to have or keep as a pledge, to have or keep entrusted” i. e. the martyrs must keep the soul of the founder Gorgonios, which he entrusted to them as a pledge of his own salvation. The standard meanings of the term κατοίκησις as “settling” or “dwelling, abode” do not correspond to the context of the list of the benefactors either as an act or as a locus, as well as the early Byzantine meaning “government, administration”. It should mean here a burial, which could be understood as a new dwelling of the body or even a shrine for the relics (probably one of the Forty Martyrs), which appeared in Machkhomeri in connection with the rebuilding of the basilica and which was placed in the ...
Toponymica Pontica 3. О мнимых и реальных сугдейских топонимах // Древнейшие государства Восточной Европы. 2023 год: Черноморский регион в антично- сти и раннем средневековье: проблемы исторической географии / Отв. ред. тома А.В. Подоси- нов. – М.: ГАУГН ПРЕСС, 2023. С. 428-431, 2023
One of the main problems in studying the toponymy of the Northern Black Sea region is our fragmen... more One of the main problems in studying the toponymy of the Northern Black Sea region is our fragmentary knowledge about it, which is collected bit by bit from written sources, inscriptions, ethnography, etc. Therefore, the discovery of several local toponyms is always a very important event for the toponymy of a region. This note will focus on several toponyms of the medieval Sugdea (modern Sudak), read in one of the glosses in the margins of the Sugdean Synaxarium and introduced into scientific circulation by M. Nystazopoulou. A more thorough study of the glosses makes it possible to read the name of the Sugdean mountain – Daut.
Происхождение и судьба византийских строителей Владимира Святославича и его сыновей: «константинопольское» и «неконстантинопольское» в зодчестве Руси конца Х – середины XI века // Искусство византийского мира 2: Сборник статей памяти О.С. Поповой / Отв. ред. И.А. Орецкая. М., 2023. С. 38-69, 2023
The article deals with the question of the origin of the Byzantine master builders working in Rus... more The article deals with the question of the origin of the Byzantine master builders working in Rus’ from the late 10th until the mid‑11th century. Three building crews can be distinguished: the builders of Valdimir’s Tithe Church, the masters of the first stage of Mstislav’s Saviour Cathedral in Chernigov, and the master builders of Yaroslav’s buildings. The first two crews came apparently from the Black Sea region: the first one brought in 989 the tradition of cross-shaped pillars and buttress arches and originated most likely from Cherson, and the second one (in the early 1030s) built of stone and bricks using ‘atectonic’ blind arches on the facades and came probably from the Northeastern or Eastern Black Sea region. From the very beginning of their work (St. Sophia in Kiev, the early 1030s) Yaroslav’s master builders demonstrate a combination of elements from Constantinople and ‘Helladic school,’ combined on Russian soil with the Eastern Byzantine tradition of cross-shaped pillars and buttress arches. Traces of Vladimir’s crew get lost after the completion of the Tithe Church. Plinth-makers and, possibly, masons from Mstislav’s crew could later join the masters of Yaroslav Vladimirovich in Chernigov. In turn, Yaroslav’s masters after the completion of St. St. Sophia, the Golden Gate in Kiev with the Annunciation church and the construction of the Tithe Church, about 1037, moved to Chernigov to finish work on the Saviour Cathedral, where they joined Byzantine plinth-makers from Mstislav’s crew, and then moved to Novgorod for the construction of St. Sophia in 1045–1050. Probably, the same crew built in the early 1050s the last churches of Yaroslav – St. George and St. Irene in Kiev. Thus, during the Yaroslav’s activity in building the stone churches, we see the work of only one crew: until 1037 in Kiev, in the late 1030s (and early 1040s?) in Chernigov, in 1045–1050 in Novgorod and in the early 1050s again in Kiev. However, traces of the plinth-makers of the first, Kiev stage of this crew can be traced in Russia until the 1070s, when the plinth characteristics of them were still found in the main part of the church of the Vydubitsy monastery. But most likely, the Greek masters left Russia after Yaroslav’s death in 1054, and partly even earlier, in the second half of the 1030s (probably the early Yaroslav’s plinth-makers of the Mstislav’s masters of the Saviour Cathedral in Chernigov), giving way to their former local apprentices. Keywords: Old Russian architecture, Byzantine architecture, Kiev, Chernigov, Novgorod, Constantinople, Cherson, Black Sea region, “Helladic school,” Vladimir Svyatoslavich, Mstislav Vladimirovich, Yaroslav Vladimirovich, plinth.
The authors publish a new Christian inscription from Phanagoria (the second Christianinscription ... more The authors publish a new Christian inscription from Phanagoria (the second Christianinscription found at the site). In spite of its form («Lord, help Theodotos»), it is very probably atomb inscription. Its general pattern and paleographic characteristics are close to later Bosporanmonuments of the 4th and 5th centuries. The inscription provides a new material for the historyof Phanagoria and for the history of Christianity on the Taman Peninsula in general.
Vinogradov A.Yu, Chkhaidze V.N. Humorous inscription in Greek from the Byzantine Matarkha // His... more Vinogradov A.Yu, Chkhaidze V.N. Humorous inscription in Greek from the Byzantine Matarkha // Historical and archaeological almanac. Vol. 13. Armavir-Krasnodar-Moscow, 2015. P. 120-122.
Рецензия на: Хрушкова Л. Г. Восточное Причерноморье в византийскую эпоху. История. Архитектура. Археология. Калининград–Москва: ИД «РОС-ДОАФК», 2018. 480 с. (Труды исторического факультета МГУ; 137. Серия II. Исторические исследования; 80) // Богословские труды. Т. 49., 2019
This book is the publication of a unique illuminated with miniatures depicting scenes of the Life... more This book is the publication of a unique illuminated with miniatures depicting scenes of the Life of St. Andrew the Apostle from the handwritten miscellany which was made at the turn of the 17th–18th centuries for the St. Andrew (Transfiguration) Church in the village of Fryazinovo, near Vologda, and now preserved in the Society of Lovers of Ancient Writings Collection at the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg. The publication consists of a facsimile reproduction of the Life, which contains 80 miniatures, as well as the typescript of the Church Slavonic text with a parallel translation into modern Russian and comments. The publication is accompanied by a description of the manuscript F.137, an essay describing the creation of the composite Life of St. Andrew in Russia, and a detailed review of his iconography in Byzantine and Russian art from the end of the 5th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
The book on St. Andrew the Apostle per se can not be similar to other books published in the seri... more The book on St. Andrew the Apostle per se can not be similar to other books published in the series “Lives of Famous People”, because we know nothing—or almost nothing, indeed—about the Apostle first called by Christ. Therefore our Reader is invited not to a usual biographical narrative about him, but to a novel, in which the life of the Apostle is a subject for a research and bitter disputes held in different historical periods: the early 9th c., and the 10th c., and nowadays too. Who was the one called by Christ together with St. Andrew to apostleship? What happened to him after New Testament events? What did the lost “Acts of Andrew” tell about? Who was the founder of the episcopal chair of the future Constantinople? Did Andrew the Apostle travel around Georgia? Did he reach Kiev, Novgorod, and Valaam? Where do his original relics rest? These questions plague the characters of the novel: they are Byzantine monks and bookmen, modern scholars and thieves of ancient manuscripts—all of them write and rewrite the “Life of St. Andrew”, while he mysteriously descending from the pages of burnt books appears at the most unexpected moments to the characters of the novel and to the Reader along with them.
The authors of the novel are professional historians and philologists, and prominent specialists in the hagiographical tradition of St. Andrew, working directly with medieval manuscripts in the archives and libraries at home and abroad.
Chkhaidze V. N., Vinogradov A. Yu. Two early Byzantine seals
of the 6th – 7th centuries // Byzant... more Chkhaidze V. N., Vinogradov A. Yu. Two early Byzantine seals of the 6th – 7th centuries // ByzantinoCaucasica. Vol.1 . Moscow, 2021. P. 173–178.
Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. Seal of Konstantinos,
the Son of the Protoproedros and Exousio... more Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. Seal of Konstantinos, the Son of the Protoproedros and Exousiokrator of All Alania (ca 1065–1075)// Ancient antiquity and the middle ages. Tome 49. Ekaterinburg, 2021. P. 115–134.
Chkhaidze V. N., Vinogradov A. Yu. A Lead Seal of Nikephoros Vatatzes (60s of the 11th century) f... more Chkhaidze V. N., Vinogradov A. Yu. A Lead Seal of Nikephoros Vatatzes (60s of the 11th century) from the Southern Coast of Crimea // Numismatic readings of the State historical Museum in 2021. In Memory Of G. K. Melnic. Materials of reports and reports. Moscow, 2021. Pp. 48–52.
Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. A Seal of Constantine Aulenos (1230s) // XIII international se... more Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. A Seal of Constantine Aulenos (1230s) // XIII international seminar of the Byzantine ΧΕΡΣΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ: "Empire" and "policy". Simferopol, 2021. P. 77–82.
Vinogradov A. Yu., Kashtanov D. V. , Chkhaidze V. N. Turkels – a Turkic Family in the Byzantine C... more Vinogradov A. Yu., Kashtanov D. V. , Chkhaidze V. N. Turkels – a Turkic Family in the Byzantine Civil Service // Science Journal of VolSU. History. Area Studies. International Relations. 2020. Vol. 25. No. 6. Volgograd. P. 150–159.
The paper considers the two Byzantine lead seals of the second half of the 11 th century, the owner of which was a translator (ermeneutes) with a non-Christian name Turkeles. Analysis. The correct reading of the owner's name was possible by comparing the sigillographic texts with the inscription on a silver bucket found in Perm region (Russia). This richly ornamented vessel made in the last third of the 11 th-12 th c., belonged, according to the inscription, to a Christian person called Theodore Turkeles. The most probable etymology of this very rare name is Turkic. Because both seals originate from the territory of the Old Rus, we can suppose that he was involved in the northern policy of Byzantium. Results. It can be assumed that the owner of the seal, Turkeles, became the first Rhomaios in his family, entering the service of the Emperor as a translator from Turkic languages. The owner of the bucket, Theodore was called by the second name Turkeles, either from his father or as a family name. Since no other Turkeles is attested in the Byzantine sources, the bearers of this name were not very successful in cultivating their family tree, and the patronymic could simply not have time to turn into a family nickname.
Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. "Having seen the letter, you will know the rank and gender": t... more Vinogradov A. Yu., Chkhaidze V. N. "Having seen the letter, you will know the rank and gender": to read the metrical legend of a Byzantine seal // Numismatic readings of the State historical Museum in 2020. In Memory Of V. A. Durov. Materials of reports and reports. Moscow, 2020. Pp. 56–58.
Chkhaidze V., Vinogradov A. The seal of Konstantinos, the son of the protoproedros and exousiokra... more Chkhaidze V., Vinogradov A. The seal of Konstantinos, the son of the protoproedros and exousiokrator of all Alania (about 1065–1075) // In Honorem 6. ΑΝΤΙΧΑΡΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΙΣ. A tribute to Prof. Ivan Jordanov’s 70th anniversary. Shumen, 2019. P. 182–193.
Открытое письмо «Обращение славистов – историков и филологов к правительству России» было опублик... more Открытое письмо «Обращение славистов – историков и филологов к правительству России» было опубликовано на сайте журнала «Историческая экспертиза» вечером 1 марта 2022 г. Подписи к нему продолжают приходить. До 4 марта они добавлялись на сайт порциями, однако после введения в России военной цензуры (в ночь на 5 марта) письмо было снято с публикации хозяином сайта. Текст письма с подписями, поступившими до введения цензуры, доступен в виде копий, в том числе в архиве Интернета, а также в переводах на другие языки.
Studia Bithynica. Proceedings of an e-conference on the archaeology and history of Bithynia in north-western Anatolia, 10 May 2023 / Izmir, Turkey, , 2023
We are glad to inform you that an international symposium on the region Bithynia in north-western... more We are glad to inform you that an international symposium on the region Bithynia in north-western Turkey took place on May 10, 2023 on Zoom. Bithynia was an ancient region and Roman province located on the south-eastern edge of the Marmara Sea in north-western part of present-day Turkey. It was bordered by Mysia, Paphlagonia and Phrygia. From the fourth century B.C. it was an independent Hellenistic kingdom, and around 74 B.C. it became a Roman province. During the seventh century A.D. it was incorporated into the Byzantine theme of Opsikion. It became a border region to the Seljuk Empire in the 13th century, and was eventually conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the early 14th century. Several major cities of Bithynia sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis or in the forested inland, such as Nicomedia (İzmit-Kocaeli), Nicaea (İznik), Chalcedon (Kadıköy), Cius (Gemlik), Prusa ad Olympum (Bursa) and Apamea Myrlea (Mudanya). Beside being a coastal region, it is also occupied by mountains as well as forests, and has valleys of great fertility. Since the studies of F.K. Dörner in the 1950s, archaeologically and historically Bithynia became a special focus in the fields of ancient Anatolian studies.
The aim of this online video conference is to report on the state of research concerning Bithynia during the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods between ca. early sixth century B.C. and early 14th century A.D. We warmly welcome submissions from senior and junior scholars, including advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines related to this Anatolian region. We intended to bring together researchers who can present new syntheses of archaeological data from Bithynia and enter into dialogue with scholars working on the same material subsets. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning Bithynia, this electronic conference is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Bithynia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Archaeological field projects in Bithynia,
- Museum studies in Kocaeli, İznik, Bursa, Istanbul, Bolu and Düzce as well as abroad,
- Ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine authors and other textual as well as cartographic sources on Bithynia and Bithynians,
- Bithynia during the Late Iron Age,
- Bithynia and the Achaemenid Persian Empire during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.,
- The Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia and its rulers,
- Pre-Roman tumuli in Bithynia and their archaeology,
- The coinage of the Kingdom of Bithynia and Roman province of Bithynia,
- The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus (after the two legendary volumes of Chr. Marek in 1993 and 2003),
- Roman provincial administration in Bithynia,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia and Propontis,
- Two Bithynian cities and their interregional relationships: Nicomedia and Nicaea (after the 2020 volume of Asia Minor Studien no. 96 on the recent studies about Nicomedia and Nicaea),
- Epigraphic and numismatic studies in Bithynia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Geographical, cultural and ethnic borders of Bithynia,
- Relationships between Bithynia and neighbouring regions,
- Roads, routes and population in Bithynia,
- Military archaeology in Roman Bithynia,
- The province Bithynia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Roman Bithynia and Christianity to the mid-fourth century A.D. (after the Michigan dissertation of G.J. Johnson in 1984),
- Religious conflict in Late Roman Nicomedia and the rest of Bithynia,
- The Christian martyrs of the late third-early fourth century A.D. in Bithynia,
- Forms of Christian presence in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman Bithynia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia’s companion for the Christianity and early eastern Orthodox Church,
- Notable personalities of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia (e.g., Arrian, Cassisus Dio and Helena),
- The Byzantine province of Opsikion (after the TIB volume no. 13 in 2020 on Bithynia and Hellespontus by K. Belke)
- Middle and Late Byzantine studies in Bithynia,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. The symposium took place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and recorded for later viewing on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2025. The symposium was free of charge.
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Издание предназначено для всех интересующихся историей христианства на Кавказе.
most common in Russia is the nomination of a hierarch by a prince and its approval by a metropolitan
or patriarch (in the case of a metropolitan). The second, typologically similar, is the election of
a candidate by the citizens and local clerics, with a possible participation of the local prince and its
coordination with the metropolitan (and later without him), typical for Novgorod since the mid-12th c.
and, perhaps, emerging in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of the late 12th c. These two models
correspond to the norms of “Procheiron” and “Epanagoge”. The third is the choice of a candidate by
the Metropolitan of Kiev, which, however, is described directly only once, in 1183 or 1185, and which
took place when the power of the Kiev prince was weakening, and stumbled upon the resistance
of the Vladimir-Suzdal prince and the citizens; it speaks rather in favour of the marginal character
of such an option, approved by Alexios Aristenos and mentioned (but not approved) by Theodoros
Balsamonos. In all these variants, the choice of a candidate by the council of bishops (fourth model)
prescribed by the canons is not mentioned; it is known only when the metropolitan of Kiev was
elected in 1147 (and possibly 1051). Therefore, in pre-Mongol Rus’, as in the Middle-Byzantine
Empire, there was a competition of models for choosing a hierarch, the choice of which depended
mainly on political factors.
Издание предназначено для всех интересующихся историей христианства на Кавказе.
most common in Russia is the nomination of a hierarch by a prince and its approval by a metropolitan
or patriarch (in the case of a metropolitan). The second, typologically similar, is the election of
a candidate by the citizens and local clerics, with a possible participation of the local prince and its
coordination with the metropolitan (and later without him), typical for Novgorod since the mid-12th c.
and, perhaps, emerging in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of the late 12th c. These two models
correspond to the norms of “Procheiron” and “Epanagoge”. The third is the choice of a candidate by
the Metropolitan of Kiev, which, however, is described directly only once, in 1183 or 1185, and which
took place when the power of the Kiev prince was weakening, and stumbled upon the resistance
of the Vladimir-Suzdal prince and the citizens; it speaks rather in favour of the marginal character
of such an option, approved by Alexios Aristenos and mentioned (but not approved) by Theodoros
Balsamonos. In all these variants, the choice of a candidate by the council of bishops (fourth model)
prescribed by the canons is not mentioned; it is known only when the metropolitan of Kiev was
elected in 1147 (and possibly 1051). Therefore, in pre-Mongol Rus’, as in the Middle-Byzantine
Empire, there was a competition of models for choosing a hierarch, the choice of which depended
mainly on political factors.
The authors of the novel are professional historians and philologists, and prominent specialists in the hagiographical tradition of St. Andrew, working directly with medieval manuscripts in the archives and libraries at home and abroad.
of the 6th – 7th centuries // ByzantinoCaucasica. Vol.1 . Moscow, 2021. P. 173–178.
the Son of the Protoproedros and Exousiokrator of All Alania (ca 1065–1075)// Ancient antiquity and the middle ages. Tome 49. Ekaterinburg, 2021. P. 115–134.
The paper considers the two Byzantine lead seals of the second half of the 11 th century, the owner of which was a translator (ermeneutes) with a non-Christian name Turkeles. Analysis. The correct reading of the owner's name was possible by comparing the sigillographic texts with the inscription on a silver bucket found in Perm region (Russia). This richly ornamented vessel made in the last third of the 11 th-12 th c., belonged, according to the inscription, to a Christian person called Theodore Turkeles. The most probable etymology of this very rare name is Turkic. Because both seals originate from the territory of the Old Rus, we can suppose that he was involved in the northern policy of Byzantium. Results. It can be assumed that the owner of the seal, Turkeles, became the first Rhomaios in his family, entering the service of the Emperor as a translator from Turkic languages. The owner of the bucket, Theodore was called by the second name Turkeles, either from his father or as a family name. Since no other Turkeles is attested in the Byzantine sources, the bearers of this name were not very successful in cultivating their family tree, and the patronymic could simply not have time to turn into a family nickname.
The aim of this online video conference is to report on the state of research concerning Bithynia during the Greek, Roman and Byzantine periods between ca. early sixth century B.C. and early 14th century A.D. We warmly welcome submissions from senior and junior scholars, including advanced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from a variety of disciplines related to this Anatolian region. We intended to bring together researchers who can present new syntheses of archaeological data from Bithynia and enter into dialogue with scholars working on the same material subsets. Intended to bring together scholars of Greek, Roman and Byzantine archaeology to discuss a range of issues concerning Bithynia, this electronic conference is an excellent opportunity to increase our knowledge about this region. Such papers that engage the following themes and topics are invited:
- Bithynia during the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Archaeological field projects in Bithynia,
- Museum studies in Kocaeli, İznik, Bursa, Istanbul, Bolu and Düzce as well as abroad,
- Ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine authors and other textual as well as cartographic sources on Bithynia and Bithynians,
- Bithynia during the Late Iron Age,
- Bithynia and the Achaemenid Persian Empire during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C.,
- The Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia and its rulers,
- Pre-Roman tumuli in Bithynia and their archaeology,
- The coinage of the Kingdom of Bithynia and Roman province of Bithynia,
- The Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus (after the two legendary volumes of Chr. Marek in 1993 and 2003),
- Roman provincial administration in Bithynia,
- Historical geography and settlement patterns in pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia and Propontis,
- Two Bithynian cities and their interregional relationships: Nicomedia and Nicaea (after the 2020 volume of Asia Minor Studien no. 96 on the recent studies about Nicomedia and Nicaea),
- Epigraphic and numismatic studies in Bithynia during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods,
- Geographical, cultural and ethnic borders of Bithynia,
- Relationships between Bithynia and neighbouring regions,
- Roads, routes and population in Bithynia,
- Military archaeology in Roman Bithynia,
- The province Bithynia under the tetrarchy reform of Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 296,
- Roman Bithynia and Christianity to the mid-fourth century A.D. (after the Michigan dissertation of G.J. Johnson in 1984),
- Religious conflict in Late Roman Nicomedia and the rest of Bithynia,
- The Christian martyrs of the late third-early fourth century A.D. in Bithynia,
- Forms of Christian presence in Late Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Episcopal sees of the Late Roman Bithynia,
- Jews and Jewish heritage in Roman and Early Byzantine Bithynia,
- Bithynia’s companion for the Christianity and early eastern Orthodox Church,
- Notable personalities of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Bithynia (e.g., Arrian, Cassisus Dio and Helena),
- The Byzantine province of Opsikion (after the TIB volume no. 13 in 2020 on Bithynia and Hellespontus by K. Belke)
- Middle and Late Byzantine studies in Bithynia,
- Miscellanea.
On these themes and questions, all approaches and methods susceptible to bring some progress to our current knowledge were of course welcome: archaeology, ancient history, historical geography, epigraphy, numismatic, history of art, cultural anthropology etc. The symposium took place virtually on Zoom. All the readings and discussions in our e-conference were in English, and recorded for later viewing on YouTube. The proceedings of the symposium will be published in 2025. The symposium was free of charge.
Records of the e-conference in YouTube
All videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@ergunlafli9033/videos
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn4GyJozA4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR7zlivGWFg&t=4167s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzxxVFGdus
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLBMrf1HiM
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWsJI7DUZ4
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-tPAeIUdpA
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGcW_ZMOwF8
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, part 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2I3Szjukus&t=480s
Bithynia e-symposium held on May 10, 2023, lecture by Sean Silvia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1kr1iZPtY