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BYZANTIUM AND ARMENIA: AN INTRODUCTION
The Armenians in the Byzantine Empire: A historiographical overview
Romanization: A process explained
Being Roman in Byzantium
Being Armenian in the early Middle Ages
Chapter 1 ARMENIAN ASSIMILATION IN ACTION, C. AD 867-1000
The areas of territorial settlement
Acceptance and adoption of 'Roman customs'
The army and the nobility
Religious conversion and conformity
Conclusion

Chapter 2 THE BYZANTINE ANNEXATIONS OF ARMENIA, 1000-64: IDEOLOGY AND OPPORTUNISM?
Basil II and his image
The context of the annexations
The subsequent annexations
Unforeseen consequences
Conclusion
Chapter 3 THE ALIENATION OF THE ARMENIANS, c.1020-71
The later annexations and settlements: Vaspurakan, Ani and Kars
Religious antagonism
The Royal Armenians in the empire
The 'rebellion' of 1040
Grigor Magistros
Gagik II of Ani
The first steps to separatism
Conclusion
Chapter 4 SEPARATISM, 1071-98
Romanos IV, Manzikert and the Islamic world

The separatism of the Armenian lords
The Armenian Church
From Philaretos to the First Crusade (1086-98)
Conclusion
CLOSING REMARKS
Appendix I: The Harran Gate
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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