A prosopographical note on the Hikanatoi of Byzantium
From military term to family surname
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11932729 |
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| Authors | Alexios G C Savvides (0009-0005-3570-6075, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Pages | 221-229 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1179/byz.2001.25.1.221 |
| OpenAlex | W2049103973 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Perhaps no other term/name in the Byzantine Empire ever linked so closely a military term with a family surname, as that of the hikanatoii/Hikanatoi , from the early ninth century onwards, until well within the later Byzantine period. In that sense, while the first part of the term’s history is mostly studied by military historians, its eventual evolution into a family surname (most probably from the first part of the eleventh century) is the work of the prosopographer/genealogist
Ancient history · Genealogy · Prosopography · Sociology · Term (time · Byzantine Studies and History · Demography · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History
| Highly cited | No |
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