(PDF) Early Medieval Serbs in the Balkans: Reconsideration of the Evidence. Academia.edu (PDF) HYLOGRAPHIA (De Administrando Imperio, 29/280)
Documentation of the arrival of Serbs and Croats in the Balkans. Imperial court protocol konstantin porfirogenet
Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos (905–959, reigned 913–959) stands as an anomaly among Byzantine emperors: a ruler more devoted to scholarship than to warfare. Despite a reign marked by political weakness and co-emperors, his intellectual legacy, particularly his encyclopedic compilations, preserved the administrative, military, and diplomatic knowledge of the early Byzantine Empire. This paper argues that Constantine’s De Administrando Imperio (On Administering the Empire) and De Ceremoniis (On Ceremonies) were not mere antiquarian exercises but strategic tools designed to stabilize the empire, legitimize the Macedonian dynasty, and instruct future rulers. (PDF) Early Medieval Serbs in the Balkans: Reconsideration
Konstantin is primarily remembered as a "scholar-emperor" who sought to preserve and codify the knowledge of his time to ensure the empire's survival. His works are some of the most important primary sources for medieval history. Despite a reign marked by political weakness and