Ἀνέστησαν
they forced [someone] to emigrate
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Nov 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] they transplanted. "Caesar is both irritated and upset, because they did not force both [the] Sabeirites and [the] Albanians to emigrate all at once".1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀνέστησαν· μετῴκισαν. νεμεσᾷ τε καὶ ἀγανακτεῖ ὁ Καῖσαρ, ὅτι μὴ ἀνέστησαν ἁπαξάπαντας Σαβείρους τε καὶ Ἀλβανούς.
Betacode
*)ane/sthsan: metw/|kisan. nemesa=| te kai\ a)ganaktei= o( *kai=sar, o(/ti mh\ a)ne/sthsan a(paca/pantas *sabei/rous te kai\ *)albanou/s.
Notes (1)
- The headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given.↩
- 1Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley (164-167), on the displeasure of Tiberius Caesar (cf. tau 553 and PLRE IIIb s.v. Tiberius Constantinus(1)) with the first invasion of Albania (probably in late 574); cf. alpha 2906, sigma 10. On the Sabeirites, a branch of the Huns living in the region north of the Caucasus, see Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium s.v. Sabiri. On Caucasian Albania, see ODB s.v. Albania and Barrington Atlas map 88 grid F3. Find further extracts from this fragment at epsilon 1676, epsiloniota 267, and chi 123.
References
R.C. Blockley, ed. and trans., The History of Menander the Guardsman, (Cambridge 1985)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
A.P. Kazhdan, ed. et al., The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, (Oxford 1991)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
A.P. Kazhdan, ed. et al., The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, (Oxford 1991)
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Revision history11 revisions · last 14 Nov 2024
- expanded n.1, added cross-references — Ronald Allen
- cosmetics — Ronald Allen
- expanded n.1; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keyword — Ronald Allen
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- — David Whitehead
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- updated ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Translated — Jennifer Benedict