Many Byzantine texts suggest that one’s origin from a particular area also could be the cause of certain defects of character. Continue reading “The theory of climates; astrological ethnography in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”
ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Many Byzantine texts suggest that one’s origin from a particular area also could be the cause of certain defects of character. Continue reading “The theory of climates; astrological ethnography in the Eastern Roman (‘Byzantine’) Empire”