, Research Paper
Rationing system does not help the mobility of
Byzantines against Muslims Question marks over command structure and logistics Cases of non-payment ? Arab stipends, waggoners in
Ctesiphon ? 628 ? fiscal and financial difficulties. Persian occupation not totally destructive in
Palestine ? yes Jerusalem but very little elsewhere. Interlude of Persian occupation no economically or
politically favourable to late Roman provinces ? temp. Persian occupation
disruptive p,s,e long term consequences not ruinous. Delicate and
difficult process local recover had begun ? no total restoration of status
of economy, society, culture prior to wars with Persia possible. Empire not in state of collapse at moment of first
Islamic raids ? fiscally, psychologically and militarily unstable ?
potentially volatile.? Decline and
disintegration not inevitable ? events overwhelmed a society that did not
welcome change and wanted to perpetuate late Roman institutions, mentality
and internal status quo. Problems: Avaro-Slavic threat grows in the Balkans,
empire lost any hold Spanish coastline, military forces spread thinly in
Africa, serious danger from Berber and other tribesmen. ? Insufficient
resources to recover Lombardy.
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