Testament des Kaisers Maurikios
Testament of the Emperor Maurice
Author(s): Ján BakytaSubject(s): History
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Summary/Abstract: The article reviews not assured authenticity and historical background of the last will of the emperor Maurice mentioned by Theophylact Simocatta and tries to explore how the inhabitans of the Empire and of Constantinople in particular would have received the division of the empire. Maurice probably wanted his sons to divide the Empire among themselves as equal rulers, inspired perhaps by the practice of the Merovingians.
Journal: Byzantinoslavica - Revue internationale des Etudes Byzantines
- Issue Year: LXVIII/2010
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 86-100
- Page Count: 15
- Language: German
- Content File-PDF
