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Der Exarchat von Ravenna unter Kaiser Herakleios. Transformation und Kontinuität staatlicher Herrschafts- und Verwaltungsstrukturen in den Peripherien des byzantinischen Reiches in der ersten Hälfte des 7. Jahrhunderts (The Exarchate of Ravenna under Emperor Heraclius. Transformation and Continuity of Structures of Governance and Administration in the Peripheries of the Byzantine Empire in the First Half of the Seventh Century)

    Nikolas Hächler

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 69, pp. 155-184, 2020/05/28

doi: 10.1553/joeb69s155

doi: 10.1553/joeb69s155

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doi:10.1553/joeb69s155



doi:10.1553/joeb69s155

Abstract

By focusing on the Exarchate of Ravenna in the first half of the 7th century, this paper contributes to the study of the rapidly changing administrative, political and military structures of the Byzantine state in its western peripheries within a quickly fragmenting Mediterranean world. First, it will analyse aspects of transformation and continuity in its administrative organization. It shall be demonstrated that there was no centralized imperial strategy to systematically face the imminence of the expanding Lombards. Secondly, this contribution examines the role of individual exarchs who were of greatest importance for Byzantium’s reign in Italy as the emperor’s representatives on site. The final section focuses on the relation between the exarchate of Ravenna and the papacy of Rome, which will provide grounds for studying the reign of Honorius I (625–638) in particular.

Keywords: Exarchate of Ravenna, Emperor Heraclius, Administration of Italy, Byzantine Italy, 7th Century, Roman Papacy