Evagrius, Paul of Nisibis, and the Problem of Loyalties in the Mid-Sixth Century

TitleEvagrius, Paul of Nisibis, and the Problem of Loyalties in the Mid-Sixth Century
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1993
AuthorsLee, AD
JournalJournal of Ecclesiastical History
Volume44
Pagination569–585
KeywordsChalcedon
Abstract

In 561/2, a few years before the death of the Emperor Justinian, Roman envoys concluded a peace treaty with the Persian Empire. A detailed account of the negotiations and terms is preserved among the surviving portions of the sixth-century history by Menander Protector. For the immediate purposes of this paper, the most important features of this treaty were that it ended more than twenty years of intermittent warfare between the two empires, that the treaty was to remain in force for fifty years, and that the Romans were required to make substantial payments of gold to the Persians at a rate of 30,000 solidi per year.

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