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This book was originally published in Greek, under the title: Το Βυζάντιο και οι Άβαροι (Στ’-Θ’ αι.). Πολιτικές, διπλωµατικές και πολιτισµικές σχέσεις, by the National Hellenic Research Foundation – Institute for Byzantine Research (Athens, 2010).
Cover illustration: The so-called “victorious prince”. Detail from the vessel no. 2 of the Νagyszentmiklós hoard (Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum). Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber, from Wikimedia Common – CC BY-SA 4.0.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kardaras, Georgios Th., author.
Title: Byzantium and the Avars, 6th–9th Century AD: political, diplomatic and cultural relations / by Georgios Kardaras.
Other titles: To Vyzantio kai hoi Avaroi, 6.–9. ai. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018. | Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450 ; Volume 51 | “This book was originally published in Greek, under the title: To Vyzantio kai hoi Avaroi, 6.–9. ai.: politikes, diplomatikes kai politismikes scheseis, by the National Hellenic Research Foundation - Institute for Byzantine Research (Athens, 2010).” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018039479 | ISBN 9789004248380 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Byzantine Empire—History—527–1081. | Avars.
Classification: LCC DF553 .K3713 2018 | DDC 949.5/013–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018039479
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ISSN 1872-8103
ISBN 978-90-04-24838-0 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-38226-8 (e-book)
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