Reconstructing medieval landscapes: the Austrian research project Tabula Imperii Byzantini and its work in Western Anatolia

• Andreas Külzer ^[1]
  1. [1] Institute for Medieval Research

     Institute for Medieval Research

     Innere Stadt, Austria

     
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  • The research project Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna is dedicated to the historical geography of the Byzantine Empire; i.e. to the space, landscapes and settlements of the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly between the 4th century AD and the middle of the 15th century AD. The project was founded by Professor Herbert Hunger in 1966 and deeply inspired by the work of the well-respected project Tabula Imperii Romani (TIR) whose investigation period usually ends in the late 3rd century AD. Thirteen volumes of TIB have been published to date, the first one in 1976 and the last one just recently in April 2020. The majority of the books are dedicated to landscapes in Anatolia, the Aegean Sea and the Balkan Peninsula, to the core areas of the Byzantine Empire, but an additional volume with nearly 2,700 pages focuses on Northern Syria.

    This paper begins with basic information on the origins of the research project, its history and developments, including methodological improvements. Following this, the article will focus on the work in Anatolia and finally present some new observations concerning the situation in late antique and medieval Western Asia Minor.