01-15-2010, 06:24 PM
Greetings one and all,
Well, I've another busy semester and just to get a little pre-research discussion going, I'd like to ask two related questions to our resident experts.
Firstly, what are thoughts about the general use and meaning of thema/-ata in Theophanes Confessor? Secondly, I have noticed that the term tagma/-ata originally always appears in the context of close proximity to the imperial person(s); what do you suppose the significance of this is?
I know these are broad questions, but they are starting-off points only through which we may reach some interesting points.
Well, I've another busy semester and just to get a little pre-research discussion going, I'd like to ask two related questions to our resident experts.
Firstly, what are thoughts about the general use and meaning of thema/-ata in Theophanes Confessor? Secondly, I have noticed that the term tagma/-ata originally always appears in the context of close proximity to the imperial person(s); what do you suppose the significance of this is?
I know these are broad questions, but they are starting-off points only through which we may reach some interesting points.
John Baker
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.
- Institutes, bk. I, ch. I, para. I