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BY ZANTIUM AND THE ARABS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY IRFAN SHAHÎD BYZANTIUM AND THE ARABS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY Plan of Dayr Dawiid The above plan of the Monastery of Dawiid/David was drawn by A. Musil, who also discovered the monastery and identified it with al-Turkmaniyya between Isriye and Ru~afa in northern Syria (see below, pp. 297-300, and Musil, Palmyrena, 153-54). BYZANTIUM AND THE ARABS IN THE FIFTH CENTURY IRFAN SHAHID DUMBARTON OAKS RESEARCH LIBRARY AND COLLECTION Washington, D.C. © 1989, 2006 DUMBARTON OAKS TRUSTEES FOR HARVARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C. Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 1 2 3 4 The reprinting of this volume has been made possible by a subvention from Georgetown University. I should like to thank warmly the University and our Provost, Professor James J. O'Donnell, for making the recommendation. -I.Sh. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata Shahid, Irfan, 1926-- Byzantium and the Arabs in the fifth century/ lrfan Shahid p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-88402-152-1 I. Arabs-History-To 622. 2. Byzantine Empire-History-To 527. 3. Near East-History-To 622. I. Title. DS62.25.8512 1989 327.495017'671-dc19 FRANZ ROSENTHAL PRO MAGNA ERGA ME BENEVOLENTIA PRO MULTIS IN ME BENEFICIIS Contents Frontispiece 11 Abbreviations Xlll Preface xv Acknowledgments XIX INTRODUCTION I The Sources XXI II The Fifth Century: A Synoptic View XXV PART ONE: THE GREEK AND THE LATIN SOURCES POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY I The Reign of Arcadius I Sozomen 3 II Synesius 9 Appendices I Anonymous Saracens in the Sources 16 II Synesius: l1E()t Ba0t1cdrn; 19 II The Reign of Theodosius II I The Arabian Front 22 II The Persian Front 25 III The Invasion of 447 39 IV The Phylarchs of the Parembole: Aspebetos-Terebon 40 V Novella XXIV 49 Appendices I Areobindus: ComesF oederatorum 50 II Iyad 53 Vlll Contents III The Reign of Marcian I Priscus 55 II Nicephorus Callistus 56 III The Two Operations 57 IV The Reign of Leo I The Persian Background of Amorkesos 61 II The Military Operations 66 III Negotiations with Leo 71 IV Amorkesos in Constantinople 77 V The Phylarchate of Amorkesos 82 VI The Vandal War 91 VII Leo's Arab Policy 96 VIII Historiographical Observations 100 Appendices I The Patriciate of Amorkesos 106 II Inter-Phylarchal Relations 111 III Malchus: Fragment I 112 V The Reign of Zeno I The Offensive of 474 114 II The Operation of 485 115 VI The Reign of Anastasius I The First Operation 121 II The Second Operation 125 III The Third Operation 127 IV General Observations 129 Appendices I The Edict of Ana~tasius 131 II Laudes lmperatorisA nastasii: Priscian and Procopius of Gaza 133 VII Three Greek Documents on Palaestina Tertia I Sancti Nili Narrationes 134 II The Edict of Beersheba 139 III The Nessana Papyri 143
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