Akritai
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Vinony's link graph records 393 inbound references to Akritai, and connects out to economy of the Byzantine Empire, Anatolia and Arab–Byzantine Wars.
It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Greek titles, Arab–Byzantine wars and Army reconnaissance units and formations.
Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- military unit
- Part of
- Byzantine army
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
- Conflict
- Arab–Byzantine Wars
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- inception
- 0900-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1300-00-00
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The akritai (, akrites, ) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akritai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.