Syrians in Post-Roman Britain: an Interdisciplinary Survey-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Syrians in Post-Roman Britain: an Interdisciplinary Survey

Published:2024 Issue:25 (1'2024) Volume: Page:66-78
ISSN:2311-9489
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Author:

Morozova Daria¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Exeter, UK, Kyiv — Exeter

Abstract

The author reviews literature from various fields of archaeology, history, and linguistics, trying to gather scattered information about contacts between Post-Roman Britain and late Roman Syria. Archaeology shows that a significant part of all imports to Britain in the 5th-7th centuries came from Byzantium and arrived on the Island in Syrian/ Cilician amphorae (both regions were closely intertwined economically, culturally and religiously). Based on these findings and numerous written sources, historians conclude that Syrian merchants played a leading role in trade between Byzantium and Britain. Isotopic studies of the Post-Roman burials in Wales confirm the presence of migrants from the eastern Mediterranean on the island. Linguistic studies of British manuscripts testify to their live contacts with the Byzantines — and specifically the Syrians. This consistent evidence of the long-term presence of Syrians in post-Roman Britain makes it possible to speak with confidence about cultural contacts between Christians of Britain and the Antiochian Church.

Publisher

Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine

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