Medieval and Manuscripts

Akritai

The akritai (Greek: ἀκρίται, sing. akrites, ἀκρίτης) is a term used in the Byzantine Empire in the 9th–11th centuries to denote the frontier soldiers guarding the Empire's eastern border, facing the Muslim states of the Middle East. Their exploits, embellished, inspired the Byzantine "national epic" of Digenes Akritas and the cycle of the Acritic songs.

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• ▸Codex Zographensis
• ▸Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia)
• ▸Christianity in India

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