Il proposito di questo studio, intitolato La difersa della basileuousa polis. gli assedi di Costantinopoli dal V al XII secolo. è quello di offrire un quadro completo degli assedi subiti da Costantinopoli dal V al XII secolo. La tesi è stata divisa in quattro capitoli, ognuno dei quali analizza un aspetto peculiare legato alla difesa.
Il primo capitolo è un catalogo degli assedi, redatto sulla base delle informazioni contenute nelle fonti cronachistiche non solo greche e latine ma anche armene, siriache, arabe e russe (consultate in traduzione).
Il secondo capitolo analizza le fortificazioni (le strutture ed il loro sviluppo storico), basandosi anche sul dato archeologico, oltre che su un esaustiva bibliografia.
Il terzo capitolo è un catalogo delle iscrizioni composto raccogliendo le epigrafi connesse alle varie fasi di costruzione e restauro delle fortificazioni.
Il quarto ed ultimo capitolo tratta invece due aspetti fondamentali della difesa:
a- la tecnologia militare
b-La guarnigione di costantinopoli / The purpose of this study, entitled “The Defense of Basileuousa Polis. The Sieges of Constantinople from 5th to 12th Century”, is to offer a detailed historical overview of the sieges that affected Constantinople from 5th to 12th century. This thesis has been divided in four chapters, each of which is concentrated on key aspects of the Byzantine Military Defense.
The first chapter has been developed as a siege catalog, essentially based on the information contained in literary sources: firstly Greek and Latin sources, then Armenian, Syrian, Arabic and Russian (these last four types of extracts were read through English, French and Italian translations). It has been concluded that the capital of Eastern Roman Empire was attacked 27 times.
The second chapter analyzes the fortifications (their structures and their historical development) relying on archaeological data, still present, and on an exhaustive bibliography.
The third chapter is a catalog of inscriptions, and includes all the epigraphic evidences connected to the different build and repair phases of the fortified area of Constantinople. Unfortunately many of the inscriptions, reproduced and collected on this record, were lost. The only proof of their existence can be found in some scientific publications of the end of 19th century - beginning of 20th century, therefore they represent the only and the most precious sources for this subject.
The fourth and last chapter deals with two fundamental aspects of the defense:
1- Military Technology, deduced from an accurate analysis of the sources: Chronicles and Military Treatises.
2- Constantinople’s Garrison analysis realized by combining the information contained in literary sources and byzantine seals.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unibo.it/oai:amsdottorato.cib.unibo.it:7367 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Dalbon, Francesco <1985> |
| Contributors | Cosentino, Salvatore |
| Publisher | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| Source Sets | Università di Bologna |
| Language | Italian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Thesis, PeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess |
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