The Strategy Of Byzantine Eastern Frontier (863-1071)

Byzantine empire is located in the eastern Mediterranean region, ju Balkan and small Asia strategic position of the Mediterranean and the black sea, choked the "throat". This strategic location, make the Byzantine empire inevitably and the surrounding world occurrence or peace or violent association, the association have the direct consequence of that is to let the Byzantine frontier in history has been in a constant state of fluctuation. As the products of history, the frontier is a kind of the concept of development frontier concepts and theory characterized by The Times. Different historical era will produce different frontier idea, different frontier concept and the practical needs of national development to adapt, accordingly will show different historical features. Byzantine history, frontier changes tend to produce the subtle influence of frontier concept. At the same time the ruler to the border area maintenance strategy choice is suitable for the needs of the empire at that time, but also directly related to the survival of empire. Therefore, the Byzantine frontier as a historical phenomenon and historical product, contains many political, cultural connotation, its behind is the national various interests pursuit.Based on the middle of the9th to the11th century Byzantine empire eastern frontier maintenance strategy as the research object, will study placed in this historical period of the history and evolution of geographical, historical geography for reference of the methods and ideas to the frontier and treatment strategy for access point, analysis the empire in the east border areas to military strategy, population policy, foreign policy, cultural values output strategy policy comprehensive use. In the eastern frontier strategy for a multi-angle analysis. The article is divided into three parts. The first part is introduction, summarizes the domestic and foreign literature material and research status, illustrate the value and significance, to clarify the "frontier""boundary""strategy" the meaning of the concept. After this article to lay the most basic concept of literature support and support. The second part is the main part of the thesis, a total of three chapters. First of all from the relative static geographical environment as the introduction, introduces Byzantine empire of the natural environment and strategic geopolitical, after this for the laying of clear background. The third chapter from the Byzantine empire around the nation, the empire own historical change to show the middle of the9th to the11th century Byzantine empire dynamic geopolitical. The fourth chapter in Byzantine empire military defense system for reference, discussed the empire in the border on both sides of the border areas and taken to the border area maintenance strategy. First of all from the empire road system, border areas of military fortifications, etc, to Rome-the Byzantine frontier military defense situation straighten out. Then clear Byzantine frontier of the evolution of the military system, this paper discusses the empire on the frontier military administrative management, the military defense line inside empire policy analysis. Secondly, the military defense line in the political diplomacy, cultural values, and other aspects of the comprehensive survey on the frontier policy. And from the Byzantine empire tributary system, as well as the empire in this historical period the strategic carries on the preliminary analysis. The last part is the conclusion part. For Byzantine frontier history connotation depth analysis, analysis of the Byzantine frontier culture, military, political and economic and multi-level attribute. Through the Byzantine frontier in the maintenance strategy reflects the composition of the frontier, this paper probes into the core of the Byzantine empire state interests and ideas.