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

Paolo, Odorico

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta

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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.

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