The Byzantine Province in Change: On the Threshold Between the 10th and the 11th Century

11th century administrative Adrianople Ahrweiler Antiocheia appointed Argyros army attested authority Balkans Bardas Phokas Bardas Skleros Basil Basil II Bourtzes Bulgaria Byzantine rule Byzantium campaign Chaldia Cheynet Cilicia civil command centres Constantine Constantine VII Diac district domestikos ton Scholon Dorostolon DOSeals doukate doukes doux of Antioch doux of Thessalonike doux/katepano East eastern emperor Empire epoch eunuch Falkenhausen fortresses frontier regions function functionaries Italy John Skylitzes John Tzimiskes Jordanov katepano Kourkouas Krsmanović Leo the Deacon Listes Longobardia magistros Maksimović Melissenos mentioned Mesopotamia military commander military organisation military powers military-administrative monostrategos narrative sources Nikephoros II Phokas Nikephoros Ouranos Nikephoros Phokas officers Oikonomides Paradounavon patrikios period Philippoupolis Phokas family position Preslav protospatharios provincial rank reform reign Romanos Romanos II Samuel's Scyl seal Seibt strategides strategos strategos autokrator strategos of Anatolikon stratelates Strymon supreme command Syria tagmatic taktika Taktikon Tarsos territory Theoph Thessalonike Thrace troops West Yahya καὶ τῆς τῶν