Re: [tied] Moses of Khoren's "Geography"

george knysh wrote:

> --- 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.*****
>

Interesting coclusions are to find by you:-)
Since the bulgars have been allways the goods friends of bvalahians,
they should have been mentionated at South of Danube in the presence of
bulgars if this is a matter of foreing policy since there has been
indeed a danger, thus they should have been important to show.George,
easy, easy I begin to doubt about you:-)

Alex