[159]roanlecapentookprecedenceovernstante7tibeeen20ay921andapril922forchrisherlecapenwascrownedon20ay921notbyroanbutbynstante7(theophnt398),whilelaterontheyounrlecapeniwerecrownedbyroanhiself(ibid409);ontheotherhand,thenovelofapril922(theprotisisnovelwhichisprobablytobedatedthisyear,cfp273,n1below)isalreadythenaoftheeperorsroan,nstanteandchrisherchrishertookprecedenceofnstantetiafterapril922andbefore25deceber924whentheyounrlecapeniwerecrownedbecaewehavetheevidenceofochrybullsissuedthenaoftheeperorsroan,chrisherandnstante(zepos,ji,204;dolr,reg593and594;nseentlyboththesedocuntsshouldbedatedtotheperiodbeeenapril922and25deceber924)chrisher&rso;sprecedenceovernstantewasnotnnectedwiththearriaofhisdaughtertothebulgariantzarpeter927astheophnt414says(followedbyruncian,roanlecapen67)。
[160]grul,reg669
[161]zepos,j1,209
[162]zepos,j1,198ff;dolr,reg595lerle,&lso;histoireagraire&rso;219,1,265ff,hasrecentlyraisedtheestionofthetextualtraditionofthisandothernovelsdesignedtoprotectsallpropertyowners,andputsforwardtheviewthatthesenovels-theirtext,theirdatg,andtheirauthorship-deandseriorensiderationanotewhich(aslerlerrectlyrearks)hasnotbeensufficientlytakentoaountbyscholars,za插riahadalreadyobservedthatthetextaswepossessitshowssignsofhavgbeenpiledfroextractsofseveralnovels(za插ria,j3,234,n1)factoncloserexaationiaforcedtothencsionthatc2isnotentirelyagreentwithci,theapartofthenovel,butrepresentsafurtherstathelegislation(giftsandlegaciesfavourofthe&lso;powerful&rso;whicharenotdealtwithassuchbytheprotisisorderareexpresslyforbiddenc2)thlerleisrightephasizgtheneedforacriticalexaationoftheextanttextofthisnovel-andlikewiseoftheothernovelsaidattheprotectionofthesallproperty-owner-andsistgthatafreshstudyofthisentiregroupofnovelsisanurntdesideratubutitwouldbetakgscepticistoofartodoubtthatthisnovel,withitsbasicprovisionsncerngthelawofprotisis,esfroroan1za插ria,schichte,238ff,265ff,etc,wascertalyrightregardgthis&lso;ber&uul;hteundf&uul;rallefolzeitassbendenovelle&rso;aswithoutestion-spiteofhisnotentionedabove-thelawofroanifrotheyear922thedate-aprilofthetenthdictiontheyear6430(922)-isdeedfirstgivenlaterlawbooksthalthoughitisnotpletelycertathatitisrrect,thereisontheotherhandnogoodreanforrejectgit,sceitsdictionnuberandyearrrespondexactly
acriticaleditionandtextualstudyofthisgroupofnovelsshouldshortlybepubli射dbynsvoronos,asannouncedhisunicationtotheⅫthbyzantengressatochrida(1961)。
[163]cfostrogorsky,&lso;steuerde&rso;32ff
[164]asisipliedbynote1above,thisprovisionwasprobablyaddedlatertotheprotisisnovel,which,however,doesnotnecessarilyanthatitwasnottroducedbyroan1,especiallyscethenovelofroan1proulgatedafterthefaeof92728seestorefertothisveryprovision(zepos,j1,210,27-29)thesaistrueoftheprovisionncerngldiers&rso;propertieswhichsupplentsitthelackofanyntionofthisprovisionthenovelofnstante7ncerngthepropertiesofthestratiotaiisofursenoproofthatitwasenactedlaterthenovelofroan2,likewiseissuedbytheodoredecapolites,notonlyoitsallreferencetoroanlecapen,butevenassertsthattherestitutionwithoutpensationoftheillegallyaciredlandwasfirstprovidedforbynstante7(zepos,j1,240)。
[165]zepos,j1,205ff;dolr,reg628thedateofthisnovelislikewiseonlygivenlaterlawbooks,andgivesepteberofthesenddiction(928),whileothersgivesepteberoftheeighthdiction(934)za插riadecidedfavourofthelatterdateandwasfollowedbyalllaterscholarsthereisnoneedheretodiscswhetherhewasrightanycasetheuncertatyofthisdateseestotobegreaterthanthatoftheprotisisnovel
[166]cftheweightyarguntsofvasiljevskij,&lso;aterialy&rso;(trudy4),254ff
[167]thevarioanswherebyiperialofficialsandjudsevadedthelawaredicatedyarticle&lso;thepeasant&rso;spre-eptionright&rso;,jrs37(1947),117ff
[168]cfostrogorsky,paysannerie,11ff
[169]thereisanexcellentsurveyoftheforeignpolicyofthisperiodruncian,roanlecapen
[170]onthestabilityofthetaurfrontierfrotheseventhtotheid-tenthcenturyseetheexcellentntsofhonigann,ostgrenze39ff
[171]levcenko,ocerki128ff,givesaverydetaileddescriptionofthersianattackof941
[172]njpolovoj,&lso;odatevtorogopochodaigorjanagrekovipochodarskichnaberdaa&rso;(onthedateofthesendcapaignofigoragastthegreeksandthersiancapaignagastberda),vv14,1958,138ff;igor&rso;ssendcapaignagastbyzantiuapparentlydidnottakeplace944,ashadbeenuniversallyaepted,but943