On the Administration of the Empire (De Administrando Imperio)

46. original: "Περὶ τῆς γενεαλογίας τῶν Ἰβήρων καὶ τοῦ κάστρου Ἀρδανουτζίου" On the genealogy of the Iberians referring to the Georgians of the Caucasus, not the inhabitants of Spain and of the fortress of Ardanoutzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
46. On the genealogy of the Iberians and of the city of Ardanoutzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

47. original: "Περὶ τῆς τῶν Κυπρίων μεταναστάσεως ἔχει ἡ ἱστορία τάδε" Concerning the migration of the Cypriots, the history is as follows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
47. Of the migration of the Cypriotes the story is as follows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

48. original: "Κεφάλαιον λθ' τῆς ἁγίας ἕκτης συνόδου, τῆς ἐν τῷ Τρούλλῳ τοῦ μεγάλου παλατίου γεγονυίας" Chapter 39 of the holy sixth synod, held in the Trullo The "Trullo" or Domed Hall was a specific hall in the Great Palace of Constantinople where church councils were held of the Great Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
48. Chapter 39 of the holy sixth synod, held in the Domed Hall of the Great Palace 225

49. original: "Ὁ ζητῶν, ὅπως τῇ τῶν Πατρῶν ἐκκλησίᾳ οἱ Σκλάβοι δουλεύειν καὶ ὑποκεῖσθαι ἐτάχθησαν, ἐκ τῆς παρούσης μανθανέτω γραφῆς" He who seeks to know how the Slavs were assigned to serve and be subject to the church of Patras, let him learn from the present writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
49. He who enquires how the Slavs were put in servitude and subjection to the church of Patras, let him learn from the present passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

50. original: "Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ θέματι Πελοποννήσου Σκλάβων, τῶν τε Μηλιγγῶν καὶ Ἐζεριτῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν τελουμένων παρ' αὐτῶν πάκτων, ὁμοίως καὶ περὶ τῶν οἰκητόρων τοῦ κάστρου Μαΐνης καὶ τοῦ παρ' αὐτῶν τελουμένου πάκτου" Concerning the Slavs in the theme A "theme" was a military and administrative district of the Byzantine Empire of Peloponnesus, both the Milingoi and Ezeritai, and concerning the pacts original: "πάκτων" (pakta), referring to fixed tribute or tax payments paid by them, and likewise concerning the inhabitants of the fortress of Maina and the tribute paid by them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
50. Of the Slavs in the province of Peloponnesus, the Milingoi and Ezeritai, and of the tribute paid by them, and in like manner of the inhabitants of the city of Maïna and of the tribute paid by them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

51. original: "Περὶ τοῦ, τίνι τρόπῳ γέγονεν τὸ βασιλικὸν δρομώνιον, καὶ περὶ τῶν πρωτοκαράβων τοῦ αὐτοῦ δρομωνίου, καὶ ὅσα περὶ τοῦ πρωτοσπαθαρίου τῆς φιάλης" Concerning the manner in which the imperial dromon A dromon was the primary warship of the Byzantine navy was created, and concerning the captains of this same dromon, and all that concerns the protospatharius A high-ranking court title, here specifically the official in charge of the "Basin" or court dockyard of the Basin . . . . . . . . 246
51. Why the imperial galley came to be made, and of the steersmen of this same galley, and all about the protospatharius of the basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

52. original: "Ἡ γενομένη ἀπαίτησις τῶν ἱππαρίων ἐν τῷ θέματι Πελοποννήσου ἐπὶ Ῥωμανοῦ δεσπότου, καθώς προείρηται" The requisition of horses that took place in the theme of Peloponnesus during the reign of the Emperor Romanus, as stated above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
52. Demand made for horses in the province of Peloponnesus in the time of the sovereign Romanus, as stated above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

53. original: "Ἱστορία περὶ τοῦ κάστρου Χερσῶνος" History concerning the fortress of Cherson A Byzantine outpost in the Crimea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
53. Story of the city of Cherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Index of Proper Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Grammatical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Index of Sources and Parallel Passages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

original: "Cod. Parisinus gr. 2009. fol. 12v (facsimile)" Paris Manuscript Greek 2009, folio 12 verso (image reproduction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . facing page 16