Le backgammon de Kékaumenos. À propos d’un passage peu clair et d’une bataille peu connue

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Odorico, P. (2013). Le backgammon de Kékaumenos. À propos d’un passage peu clair et d’une bataille peu connue, (50), 423-431. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881301423O
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Title

Le backgammon de Kékaumenos. À propos d’un passage peu clair et d’une bataille peu connue

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Author

Paolo, Odorico

Journal

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta

Volume
Issue

50-1

Start page

423

End page

431

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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881301423O

Date

2013-2020/03/08/00:29:22

Abstract

The Stratégikon of Cecaumenus tells the story of Basil Pediadites, who has suffered the ironic attacks of the emperor for having played tavla during his mission in Sicily. The message, rather strange, is explained in a different way: in the imperial message the issue was a pun, concerning tavla and a locality in the plain, which could be identified with current Piano Tavola near Catania.

Keywords

Basil Pediadites, Basile Pédiaditès, Byzance et les Arabes, Byzantine geography, Byzantium and the Arabs, Cecaumenus, géographie byzantine, George Maniakes, Georges Maniakès, Kékauménos, Sicile, Sicily