--- alex <
alxmoeller@...> wrote:
For my own
> curiosity , the big
> question remains why Prophyrogenetsu do not records
> the valahs within
> his empire.
*****GK: DAI was written as a handbook for his son re
foreign policy. So there would not be that much
incentive to describe the internal situation in the
Empire except in so far as it might involve the prime
focus. I don't remember offhand if Porphyrogenitus
mentions ALL other components of the Empire except the
Vlachs. I don't think he does, but this can easily be
verified.Actually what is even more interesting is
that he does not mention the Vlachs as relevant for
Byzantine foreign policy. And indeed why should he?
There was no Vlach presence North of the Danube in his
time which needed to be taken into account.*****
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