Adein
@ouliades.bsky.social
History graduate, specializing in Eastern Roman Empire and Commonwealth.
Case of Constantine of Promoundenoi
August 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Case of Constantine of Promoundenoi
Ballanche's palingenetic account of the French Revolution
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Ballanche's palingenetic account of the French Revolution
Some excerpts from Petrović's ''Philosophy and Marxism'' I translated. I'll be ready soon (hopefully) to get a few chapters out
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Some excerpts from Petrović's ''Philosophy and Marxism'' I translated. I'll be ready soon (hopefully) to get a few chapters out
On the Tang legal code
August 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
On the Tang legal code
Rhetoric in East Roman education:
February 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Rhetoric in East Roman education:
A quote from Byzantium/Ῥωμανία for the day:
''Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.''
''Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.''
February 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A quote from Byzantium/Ῥωμανία for the day:
''Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.''
''Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.''
Great read:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...
After Free Trade - Boston Review
As the neoliberal order unravels, the international economic system can and must make room for cooperative forms of state-driven development.
www.bostonreview.net
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Great read:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...
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Publication day! My article 'Manuel I Komnenos’ policy towards the sultanate of Rum and John Kontostephanos’ embassies to Jerusalem, 1159–61' appeared in 'Crusades'.
Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.
Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.
February 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Publication day! My article 'Manuel I Komnenos’ policy towards the sultanate of Rum and John Kontostephanos’ embassies to Jerusalem, 1159–61' appeared in 'Crusades'.
Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.
Did John Kontostephanos go to the Holy Land once or twice? I use this to look at Byzantine grand strategy in the mid-12th c.
Humanitas in Roman culture
February 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Humanitas in Roman culture
East Romans in 11th century towards minorities in their polity
February 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
East Romans in 11th century towards minorities in their polity
Women, trade and business during 11th century East Rome:
February 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Women, trade and business during 11th century East Rome:
East Romans' xenophobia towards Bulgarians:
February 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
East Romans' xenophobia towards Bulgarians:
A quote from Byzantium/Romania for the day:
"Blame Homer,
Because of the hidden depths of his ideas."
"Blame Homer,
Because of the hidden depths of his ideas."
February 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A quote from Byzantium/Romania for the day:
"Blame Homer,
Because of the hidden depths of his ideas."
"Blame Homer,
Because of the hidden depths of his ideas."
Claim to Romanitas and the role of the legal reform
February 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Claim to Romanitas and the role of the legal reform
Anna Komnene:
''Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, and every partnership is formed with a view to some good (since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good).''
''Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, and every partnership is formed with a view to some good (since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good).''
February 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Anna Komnene:
''Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, and every partnership is formed with a view to some good (since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good).''
''Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, and every partnership is formed with a view to some good (since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good).''
Universality of money in the early Greek mind
February 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Universality of money in the early Greek mind
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Today is Proclus' birthday. When I think to, I always post a link on this day to this piece I wrote for a commemoration in 2012: "On the Occasion of the 1,600th Anniversary of the Birth of Proclus (2/08/12)" henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
February 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today is Proclus' birthday. When I think to, I always post a link on this day to this piece I wrote for a commemoration in 2012: "On the Occasion of the 1,600th Anniversary of the Birth of Proclus (2/08/12)" henadology.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Adein
A ninth-century military manual penned in a state under constant attack has a more coherent vision of caring for the vulnerable than just about any western country.
Byzantium: take care of the old and infirm
US/UK/Canada: feed 'em to the woodchipper
Byzantium: take care of the old and infirm
US/UK/Canada: feed 'em to the woodchipper
February 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A ninth-century military manual penned in a state under constant attack has a more coherent vision of caring for the vulnerable than just about any western country.
Byzantium: take care of the old and infirm
US/UK/Canada: feed 'em to the woodchipper
Byzantium: take care of the old and infirm
US/UK/Canada: feed 'em to the woodchipper
Reposted by Adein
Theodore of Kyzikos: The wine is watery! The emperor is so very far away! Melancholy!
Buddy, you live one afternoon's sail from Constantinople.
Buddy, you live one afternoon's sail from Constantinople.
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Theodore of Kyzikos: The wine is watery! The emperor is so very far away! Melancholy!
Buddy, you live one afternoon's sail from Constantinople.
Buddy, you live one afternoon's sail from Constantinople.
Symeon the New Theologian:
''Then I finally become more beautiful than those who are beautiful,
Wealthier than those who are wealthy and more than all the mighty,
I am mighty and greater than kings,
And much more precious than all that is visible,
Not only more than the world...
''Then I finally become more beautiful than those who are beautiful,
Wealthier than those who are wealthy and more than all the mighty,
I am mighty and greater than kings,
And much more precious than all that is visible,
Not only more than the world...
February 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Symeon the New Theologian:
''Then I finally become more beautiful than those who are beautiful,
Wealthier than those who are wealthy and more than all the mighty,
I am mighty and greater than kings,
And much more precious than all that is visible,
Not only more than the world...
''Then I finally become more beautiful than those who are beautiful,
Wealthier than those who are wealthy and more than all the mighty,
I am mighty and greater than kings,
And much more precious than all that is visible,
Not only more than the world...
Maximos:
''[...] Holy Godhead, according to its essence, is beyond ineffability and unknowability for it infinitely transcends all infinity.''
''[...] Holy Godhead, according to its essence, is beyond ineffability and unknowability for it infinitely transcends all infinity.''
February 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Maximos:
''[...] Holy Godhead, according to its essence, is beyond ineffability and unknowability for it infinitely transcends all infinity.''
''[...] Holy Godhead, according to its essence, is beyond ineffability and unknowability for it infinitely transcends all infinity.''
Plotinus:
''These things, then, are held together by forms from beginning to end, first matter by the forms of the elements, then there are other forms in addition to these, and then still others. Hence, it is hard to find matter, concealed as it is under many forms...
''These things, then, are held together by forms from beginning to end, first matter by the forms of the elements, then there are other forms in addition to these, and then still others. Hence, it is hard to find matter, concealed as it is under many forms...
February 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Plotinus:
''These things, then, are held together by forms from beginning to end, first matter by the forms of the elements, then there are other forms in addition to these, and then still others. Hence, it is hard to find matter, concealed as it is under many forms...
''These things, then, are held together by forms from beginning to end, first matter by the forms of the elements, then there are other forms in addition to these, and then still others. Hence, it is hard to find matter, concealed as it is under many forms...