09-09-2009, 02:00 PM
Quote:I've read that the dating of the treatise of Syrianus Magister (formerly known as Anonymi Byzantini Peri strategias) has been revised and some scholars now think it's middle Byzantine work. Allegedly the arguments are summarised in this article:Some (long) time ago I posted the above query on the dating of Syrianus Magister's treatise. Well I still haven't read the paper by Cosentino, but for those who are interested, another one by Philip Rance can currently be downloaded here.
Cosentino, S.: The Syrianos' Strategikon - a 9th Century Source?, Bizantinistica 2, 2000, 243-280.
Unfortunately I don't have access to this article. Have anybody read it and could write here the main arguments for different dating of this work?
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Alexandr