The province of Scythia and the Avaro-Slavic invasions (576-626)
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.37, No.1, 1996, pages 35-61
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The theory of the fall of the Danubian limes is now obsolete. The case ofthe province of Scythia shows that the downfall of the limes and of the townlifewas a gradual processes. The chronology of the Avar and Slavic invasionsin Scythia could be established by a comparison between literary, archaeologicaland numismatic sources. The evidence gathered from several towns andfortresses shows that the invasions that led to the downfall of the Scythic limesand of the whole province could be dated in three periods: 576-584, 593-595,614-626. The attacks of the first period had no major consequences (except thedestruction of Tropaeum). In the second period was ravaged especially thenorthern part of the province. (It seems that this region was no more defendedlater). The wave of invasions that began in 614 was the final stage of a longprocess. There was not a sudden end of the Byzantine civilisation in Scythia,but a transition period.
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