RESURGENS PHOENIX. EASTERN ROMAN DIPLOMATIC FOREIGN ACTION IN THE BALKANS FROM ATTILA’S AFTERMATH UP TO THE “ANASTASIAN ERA” (CA. 450-518): A STUDY FROM THE LITERARY SOURCES

Abstract

This paper intends to discuss the proactivity, originality, degree of success and historical-political impli- cations of the diverse diplomatic initiatives implemented by the imperial administration in the Balkan provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire during the second half of the 5th century as well as in the early 6th, particularly of those developed during the reign of emperor Anastasius I (491-518), from the eminent perspective of the main literary sources.

Keywords

• Eastern Roman Empire, international relations, early-Byzantine diplomacy, Balkan provinces, Anastasius I