Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae

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Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae
Sack of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade
Signed1204 (1204)
LocationConstantinople, Latin Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Signatories

The Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae (

sack of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It established the Latin Empire and arranged the nominal partition of the Byzantine territory among the participants of the Crusade, with the Republic of Venice being the greatest titular beneficiary. However, because the crusaders did not in fact control most of the Empire, local Byzantine Greek nobles established a number of Byzantine successor kingdoms (Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond, Despotate of Epirus). As a result, much of the crusaders' declared division of the Empire amongst themselves could never be implemented. The Latin Empire
established by the treaty would last until 1261, when the Empire of Nicaea reconquered Constantinople, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. The various crusader principalities in southern Greece and the Aegean archipelago would last much longer, until they were conquered by the Ottomans in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Background

Preliminary agreement of March 1204

In March 1204, shortly before the

Louis I of Blois, has been preserved among the letters of Pope Innocent III.[4]

According to its stipulations, the Venetians would retain their previous privileges granted by the Byzantine emperors, and a common committee, composed in equal numbers of six Venetians and six Crusaders, would elect an emperor for the

Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. The remaining three quarters of the city and the other Byzantine territories would be divided equally between Venice and the other Crusaders.[2][5]

Election of Baldwin of Flanders

On 9 May, Baldwin of Flanders was elected Latin Emperor, in place of the previous leader of the Crusade, Boniface of Montferrat. According to the Crusader and chronicler

Marmara Sea, "towards Turkey", as well as "the isle of Greece". However, to placate Boniface, Baldwin agreed to assign to him the Kingdom of Thessalonica instead.[6]

Treaty

The agreement was likely promulgated either in late September or early October 1204

chrysobull granted to Venice in 1198 by Alexios III Angelos.[10] It gave the Latin Emperor direct control of one fourth of the former Byzantine territory, to Venice three eighths, and the remaining three eighths were apportioned among the other Crusader chiefs.[11] As far as Constantinople itself is concerned, in the event, the Crusader portion of the city was absorbed into the Emperor's.[11] According to the historian David Jacoby, this division was likely formalized in another agreement that has not survived, and that may have occurred even before the sack itself.[12]

The treaty survives in a number of manuscripts, all from Venice: the Liber Albus (fols. 34ff.), the Liber Pactorum (Vol. I, fols. 246ff. and Vol. II, fols. 261ff.), the Codex Sancti Marci 284, folio 3, and the Muratorii codices Ambrosiani I and II.

Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna in 1856,[14] while A. Carile published an up-to-date edition with full commentary in 1965.[10]

Territorial provisions

According to the treaty's provisions, the territories were divided in the portion of the "Lord Doge and

Commune of Venice
" (pars domini Ducis et communis Venetiae), the portion of the Latin Emperor (pars domini Imperatoris), and the remainder as the portion of the Crusaders, or "pilgrims" (pars Peregrinorum).

Latin text Translation Portion Region Comments
Civitas[c] Archadiopoli. Missini. Bulgarofigo. (Pertinentia[d] Archadiopoli).[17] the cities of
Bulgarophygon,[20] forming part of the episkepsis
of Arcadiopolis		 Venice
Eastern Thrace
 The same areas are mentioned in the chrysobull of 1198 as part of the episkepsis of Messene, Arcadiopolis, and Bulgarophygon.[21]
Pertinentia Putis/Pucis et Nicodimi[22] the episkepsis of Poutza[23] and "Nicodimi" Venice
Eastern Thrace
 "Nicodimi" remains unidentified; Carile suggested an identification with the town and bishopric of Nike.[24]
Civitas Heraclee/Yraclee.[25] the city of
Heraclea Perinthus[26]
 Venice
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia Chalkidos, cum civitate Rodosto et Panido, cum omnibus, que sub ipsis. the episkepsis of
Panidos
with all their dependencies		 Venice
Eastern Thrace
Civitas Adrianopoli cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[29] the city of
Adrianople[30][31]
with its dependencies		 Venice
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia Gani.[32] the episkepsis of
Ganos[33]
 Venice
Eastern Thrace
Casale[e] Chortocop[l]i. Casalia Chotriki, Kerasea, Miriofitum.[35] the settlements of Chortokopeion, Chortriki,
Myriophyton[37]
 Venice
Eastern Thrace
 Chortokopeion (Χορτοκόπειον) is known from a document from
Raidestos.[38][39] Chotriki (Χοτρικί) otherwise unattested, possibly identical with Chora [tr].[40]
Pertinentia Peristasi.[41] the episkepsis of Peristasis[42] Venice
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia Brachioli.[41] the episkepsis of Branchialion Venice
Eastern Thrace
 Location not certain, but close to modern
portolan from c. 1200, and in later Byzantine sources.[43]
Casalia de Raulatis et Examilii. Emporium Sagudai.[41] the settlements of Raulaton, Hexamilion,[44] and Sagoudaous Venice
Thracian Chersonese
 Location of Raulaton (χωρίον τῶν Ῥαουλάτων) not certain, probably close to Hexamilion at the base of the
Thracian Chersonese (Gallipoli peninsula). Its name likely refers to the Raoul family.[45] The location of the settlement (emporion) of Sagoudaous (Σαγουδάους) or Sagoude (Σαγούδη) is attested as a port and warehouse in 1152. Its location is not clear, but must have lain in the northern part of the Gallipoli Peninsula, or near Ainos.[46][47]
Pertinentia Gallipoli[48] the episkepsis of Kallipolis[49] Venice
Thracian Chersonese
Lazu et Lactu[50] Lazou and Laktou Venice
Eastern Thrace
 Both Lazou (Λάζου) and Laktou (Λάκτου) are otherwise unattested; from their location in the text they must have been in the neighbourhood of Kallipolis.[51]
Pertinentia de Muntimanis et Sigopotamo, cum omnibus, que sub ipsis.[50] the episkepsis of Mountimanoi and the Sigos River with their dependencies Venice
Thracian Chersonese
 The ἐπίσκεψις τῶν Μουντιμάνων is not elsewhere attested, but was probably located in the south of the Thracian Chersonese.[52] The Sigos River is likely to be identified with the modern Kavakaltı Dere or, less likely, the Çeşme Dere, in the southern Gallipoli Peninsula.[53]
Provintia Lakedemonie, micra et megali episkepsis, i.e. parva et magna providentia. Kalabrita.[50] the province of Lacedaemonia and the minor and major episkepseis therein, and the town of Kalavryta Venice Peloponnese The province of Lacedaemonia is not otherwise known, but is evidently equivalent to the region of Laconia.[54]
Ostrovos.[50] the town of Ostrovos Venice Western Macedonia Most likely the namesake town in Macedonia, but also possibly an unknown location of the same name in the Peloponnese.[55][56]
Oreos. Caristos.[57] the towns of Oreos and Karystos Venice Euboea Karystos is already mentioned in the 1198 chrysobull, but Oreos, other than being a bishop's seat, was undistinguished at the time.[58]
Andrus.[57] the island of Andros Venice Cyclades
Egina et Culuris.[57] the islands of Aegina and Salamis Venice Saronic Gulf The islands of Aegina and Salamis were greatly impoverished and havens for pirates.[59]
Zachintos et Kefalinia.[57] the islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia Venice Ionian Islands Cephalonia and Zakynthos had been captured already during the last
county palatine, initially under Margaritus of Brindisi, and ruled in 1204 by Matthew Orsini.[60][61] However, Orsini's rule is not based on documentary evidence, but on Karl Hopf's conjectures, and A. Kiesewetter proposes that Maio di Monopoli (alias Matthew Orsini) may have taken control of the islands in 1206 from the Byzantines, who had recovered them since Margaritus's demise in 1294.[62]
Provintia Colonie Conchilari. Canisia.[57] the province of
Koloneia, Chlerenon, and Kanina
 Venice Epirus Tafel and Thomas proposed a series of emendations and identifications to "Colonie cum Cycladibus. Nisia.", with "Colonie" possibly a reference to the
Koloneia in Epirus, Kjari, and Konitsa, while Dionysios Zakythinos proposed identifying "Chilari" with Chlerenon, and "Canisia" with Kanina.[64]
Pertinentia Lopadi.[57] the episkepsis of "Lopadi" Venice
Asia Minor
(?)		 Tafel and Thomas proposed identifying Lopadi as the island of
Lopadion in Mysia, which is attested as an episkepsis in the 1198 chrysobull, since portions of the text have evidently been moved around so that they no longer correspond to their original arrangement by geographic proximity.[66] Carile finds the identification with Lopadion less likely, however.[67]
Orium Patron et Methonis, cum omnibus suis, scilicet pertinentiis de Brana. Pertinentia de Cantacuzino, et cum villis Kyreherinis, filie Imperatoris Kyrialexii, cum villis de Molineti, de Pantocratora, et de ceteris monasteriorum, sive quibusdam villis, que sunt in ipsis, scilicet de micra et megali episkepsi, i.e. parva et magna pertinentia.[68] the horion
Branas and Kantakouzenos families, the estates of kyra Irene, daughter of Emperor kyr Alexios III
, and the estates of "Molineti", of "Pantokrator" and other monasteries		 Venice Peloponnese The horion of Patras and Methone probably occupied the entire western half of the Peloponnese.[71] The name "Molineti" is evidently associated with windmills; two medieval locations correspond to this, both of them in modern Pylia.[72] The location or identity of "Pantokrator" are unknown.[73]
Nicopolla, cum pertinentia de Arta, de Achello, de Anatolico, de Lesianis, et de ceteris archondorum et monasteriorum.[74]
Achelous, of Anatoliko, Lesiana, "and of other archons and monasteries"[75]
 Venice Epirus The "other archons" are probably those mentioned in the 1198 chrysobull, namely members of the imperial dynasty: the "most fortunate"
Augusta (Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, wife of Alexios III).[75]
Provintia Dirachii et Arbani, cum chartolaratis de Glavinitza, de Bagenetia.[76] the province of
Arbanon,[78] with the chartoularata[g] of Glavinitsa[79] and Vagenetia[80]
 Venice Epirus Dyrrhachium was occupied by Venice in 1205 and became the centre of the short-lived "Duchy of Durazzo".
Provintia de Gianina. Provintia Drinopoli.[81] the provinces of Ioannina and Dryinopolis Venice Epirus
Provintia Achridi.[82] the province of Ohrid Venice Western Macedonia
Leukas et Coripho.[82] the islands of Lefkada and Corfu Venice Ionian Islands
A Porta aurea et Blachernali et occidentali Steno usque ad Midiam et Agathopoli. Similiter et ab ipsa civitate Vizoi usque ad Zurlo et Theodoropoli[83] from the
Tzurulon and Theodoropolis on the Sea of Marmara
 Emperor
Eastern Thrace
 The points mentioned in the beginning define the circumference of Constantinople, from the main ceremonial gate in the southwestern part of the land walls to the northwestern quarter of Blachernae on the shore of the Golden Horn, and the "Narrows" (Stenon) of the Bosporus.[84]
Provintia Optimati.[85] the province of Optimatoi Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
 The
Mesothynia" is mentioned along with the "province of Nicomedia", which is absent in 1204.[86][87]
Provintia Nicomidie.[85] the province of Nicomedia Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
Provintia Tharsie, Plusiade, et Metavolis cum Servochoriis, et cum omnibus, que sub ipsis.[88] the province of
Plousias
, and Metabole, along with Servochoria and all their dependencies		 Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
 Tarsia, on the eastern bank of the
Sangarios, and Metabole, probably south of Lake Sapanca, historically belonged to the Optimatoi, whereas Plousias to the Bucellarian Theme. The "Servochoria" (Σερβοχώρια) is the area where Emperor John II Komnenos settled the Serbs in 1129/30.[89]
Provintia Paflagonie et Vucellarii.[90] the province of Paphlagonia and the Bucellarians Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
 The Bucellarian Theme was established c. 768, and Paphlagonia was created as a distinct theme from it sometime in the early 9th century. It is likely that the themes of the Bucellarians and Paphlagonia had been administratively unified—unclear when or for how long—for defensive purposes, a recurrent practice in Byzantine history.[91]
Provintia Oenoei et Sinopii et Pabrei.[90] Oenoe and Sinope and Pavrae Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
 Formerly part of the Armeniac Theme, these three important coastal cities are often mentioned in conjunction with Turkish raids during the 12th century.[92]
Mitilini.[90] the island of Lesbos Emperor Aegean Islands
Limni cum Skiro, et que sunt infra Avidum insule, scilicet Priconiso et cetera, cum Strovilo.[93] the islands of
Proconnesus
and the others, with Strobilos		 Emperor Aegean Islands and Sea of Marmara
Samos et Tinos cum Samandrakio.[94] the islands of Samos and Tinos with Samothrace Emperor Aegean Islands
Provintia de Pilon, de Pithion, de Keramon.[95] the province of
Pylae
, Pythia, and Kerama		 Emperor
Asia Minor
 In the 1198 chrysobull, the episkepsis of Pylae and Pythia is mentioned, formerly part of the theme of the Optimatoi. The identity and location of Kerama is unknown, unless it is a misspelling for Germia, attested as a toponym in the area of Mysia.[86][96]
Provintia Malagini.[95] the province of Malagina Emperor Northern
Asia Minor
 Malagina was the first army assembly point and camp (
Komnenian emperors, due to its importance and exposure to Turkish raids.[97]
Provintia Achirai.[95] the province of
Achyraous
 Emperor Western
Asia Minor
 The province is only mentioned in the 1198 chrysobull and Partitio, and probably encompassed the northern part of the Thracesian Theme.[98]
Provintia Adramitii, de Chilariis et de Pergamis. [99] the province of
Chliara, and Pergamon
 Emperor Western
Asia Minor
 According to
Chliara, and Pergamon, after they were refortified by Manuel I Komnenos. However, these cities are mentioned separately from the province both in the 1198 chrysobull and in the Partitio.[100] Helene Ahrweiler interpreted the evidence to suggest that Neokastra did indeed originally encompass the three cities, but that in 1198 Adramyttion may have formed a separate district, and that the separation between the cities and the province evidenced in the Partitio was the result of a copyist's error.[101]
Provintia Neocastron.[102] the province of Neokastra Emperor Western
Asia Minor
Provintia Milasi et Melanudi.[102] the province of Mylasa and Melanoudion Emperor Western
Asia Minor
Provintia Laodikie et Meandri, cum pertinentia Sampson et Samakii, cum Contostephanatis, cum Camizatis et ceteris atque Chio.[102] the province of
Maeander, with the district of Sampson and Samakion, with the estates of the Kontostephanos and the Kamytzes families and other places, as well as Chios
 Emperor Western
Asia Minor and Aegean Islands
 Some scholars, including Carile,
Lazaros of Galesion.[104]
Provintia micra et megali Brissi.[105] the province of Little and Great
Brysis
 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia Gehenna.[105] the episkepsis of Gehenna[106] Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Civitas Panfili, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[105] the city of Pamphylos[107][108] with all its dependencies Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia Culi.[105] the episkepsis of Koule[109] Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 The settlement of Koule (Κούλη) is mentioned by Anna Komnene as lying to the east of Pamphylos.[110]
Civitas Apri, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[111] the city of
Apros[112][113]
with all its dependencies		 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Didimochium, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[111] the city of
Didymoteichon[114][31]
with all its dependencies		 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia de Kipsali/Cypsellam.[111] the episkepsis of
Kypsela[115][116]
 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia de Garelli.[111] the episkepsis of Garella[117][118] Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia de Lebuecho/Lebucto.[111] the episkepsis of Kedouktos[119] Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 Tafel and Thomas proposed the emendation to "Ceducto", i.e., the plain of Kedouktos.[120]
Pertinentia de Bira.[111] the episkepsis of Bera[121] Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 Bera was chiefly notable for the
Theotokos Kosmosoteira Monastery established by the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos; in the 1150s it was still described as void of people or dwellings.[122]
Pertinentia Macri et Traianopoli, cum casali de Brachon.[123] the episkepsis of
Trajanopolis,[125]
with the settlement of Brachon		 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 The area traditionally belonged to the theme of
Boleron to the west.[126] Brachon is otherwise unknown; as a misreading of "Blachon", it may refer to the Monastery of the Saviour "of Blachon" near Ainos).[127][128]
Pertinentia Scifis et Pagadi, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[123] the episkepsis of "Scifis" and "Pagadi" with its dependencies Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 The identification of Scifis and Pagadi (probably from πηγάδι, "well") is disputed. Tafel and others equated Scifis with
Theotokos Kosmosoteira Monastery.[131]
Pertinentia Maditi, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[132] the episkepsis of
Madytos[133]
with its dependencies		 Crusaders
Thracian Chersonese
Icalotichas, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa, i.e. Anafartus, Tinsaccos, Iplagia, Potamia et Aacros/Aatios, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[132] Koila Teichos with its dependencies:
Anaphartos,[134] Tinsakkos, Plagia,[135]
Potamia, and Aatios or Aacros		 Crusaders
Thracian Chersonese
 Koila Teichos is most likely identifiable with the Long Wall running at the base of the Thracian Chersonese at Agora. Zakythinos proposed an identification with the Anastasian Wall, but this does not fit the geography.[136] The exact identity or locations of Tinsakkos,[137] Potamia,[138] and Aacros/Aatios[139] are unknown, but lay on the Chersonese, just as the remaining locations.
Pertinentia de Phitoto/Plit[h]oto.[140] the episkepsis of "P[l]ithoto" Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 Exact location unknown, possibly identical with Polyboton near modern Keşan.[141]
Pertinentia de Galanatom.[140] the episkepsis of Galataria Crusaders
Thracian Chersonese
?		 Exact location unknown, possibly a bishopric and town near Kallipolis.[142]
Molinoto/Moliboton.[140] the town of Molinoto/Moliboton Crusaders
Thracian Chersonese
?		 Exact location unknown, probably on the Thracian Chersonese; earlier suggestions identified it with Polyboton or the small monastery of St. Nicholas near the
Golden Gate, but do not fit the context.[143]
Pertinentia de Jalocastelli/Hyalo Castelli.[140] the episkepsis of Hyelokastellion Crusaders
Thracian Chersonese
?		 The name Ὑελοκαστέλλιον means "glass castle". Its exact location is unknown, but is attested as a coastal site during the revolt of Andronikos Lapardas in 1183. Likely on the Thracian Chersonese.[144]
Pertinentia Sirolefki/Sitoleuchi.[140] the episkepsis of "Sirolefki" Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 Tafel and Thomas suggested an identification with Silta near
Ainos.[146]
Catepanikium de Eno, cum apothikis.[140] the
Ainos,[147]
along with its warehouses		 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 The warehouses denoted the public warehouses (analogous to the old Roman horrea), managed by the fisc.[148]
Catepanikium de Russa, cum omnibus, que sub ipsa.[140] the katepanikion of
Rusion,[149][150]
with its dependencies		 Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
Pertinentia de Ag[r]iovivario.[140] the episkepsis of Hagios Bibarios Crusaders
Eastern Thrace
 The name probably derives from agrion bibarion, "wild fish-lake", indicating a location at or near the modern Lake Gala National Park.[150][151]
Provintia Vardarii.[152] the province of the
Vardar River
 Crusaders Western Macedonia The province is otherwise unattested. According to Zakythinos, it appears to be related to the
Magyars, settled in the area in previous centuries.[153]
Provintia Verye, cum cartularatis tam Dobrochubisti, quam et Sthlanitza.[152] the province of
Veroia with the chartoularata of Dobrochoubista and Sthlanitsa
 Crusaders Western Macedonia Tafel and Thomas suggested emending Dobrochubista to Drogubitia,[154] and were followed by some other scholars, but the district is well attested elsewhere, including in the 1198 chrysobull.[155] Sthlanitsa is likewise attested by Anna Komnene and Theophylact of Ohrid.[156]
Pertinentia Girocomion.[152] the episkepsis allotted to the upkeep of the old-age care homes Crusaders Western Macedonia
Pertinentia Platamonos.[157] the episkepsis of Platamon Crusaders Western Macedonia/Thessaly
Pertinentia Moliscu et Moglenon.[157] the episkepsis of
Moglena
 Crusaders Western Macedonia
Pertinentia Prilapi et Pelagonie cum Stano.[157] the province of
Prilapos and Pelagonia
with Stanos		 Crusaders Western Macedonia Stanos as a toponym is well attested and mentioned frequently along with Pelagonia, Prilapos, Soskos, and Moliskos.[158][156]
Presepe et Dodecanisos.[157] the province of Prespes and the Cyclades Crusaders Western Macedonia and Aegean Islands The term "Dodekanesos" ("Twelve Islands") first appears in Byzantine sources in the 8th century as a naval command encompassing the southern Aegean Sea. The term remained in use throughout the medieval period for the Cyclades, and only in the 19th/20th centuries became transferred to the modern Dodecanese.[159] Its placement in the text is unusual, lying between areas of continental Greece; perhaps the result of a scribal error or, according to Jean Longnon, a result of a trade, whereby Ostrovos, originally claimed by the Crusaders, and the Cyclades, claimed by Venice, were exchanged (apart from Andros and Tinos), thus explaining the unexpected placement of both entries in the text of the treaty.[160]
Orion Larisse.[157] the horion of Larissa Crusaders Thessaly
Provintia Blachie cum personalibus et monasterialibus in eis existentibus.[161] the province of Vlachia with the private and monastic properties existing in it[162] Crusaders Thessaly
Provintia Servion.[163] the province of Servia Crusaders Western Macedonia
Provintia Castorie et provintia Deavoleos.[163] the province of
Deabolis
 Crusaders Western Macedonia
Pertinentia Imperatricis, scilicet Vesna, Fersala, Domocos, Revenica, duo Almiri, cum Demetriadi.[163] the episkepsis of the Empress, namely
Halmyroi,[167] with Demetrias[168]
 Crusaders Thessaly The Empress is probably Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, wife of Alexios III.[169] Grebenika or Rebenika is probably a location at or near the river Rebenikos, originating in the Cynoscephalae Hills in northern Thessaly.[170])
Pertinentia Neopatron.[171] the episkepsis of
Neopatras[172]
 Crusaders Thessaly Not previously mentioned as an administrative unit.[173]
Provintia Velechative/Velicati.[174] the province of
Velechativa
 Crusaders Thessaly Mentioned in the 1198 chrysobull, tentatively equated with the area of settlement of the
Vlach-inhabited region in Aetolia.[177][178]
Pertinentia Petritoniclis/Petrion Vietts/videlicet. Dipotamon. Cala[n]con/Talantum.[174] the episkepsis of Petrai, namely Dipotamon and Atalanti? Crusaders Thessaly Tafel and Thomas emend the beginning to read "Petrion. Kelliae.", identifying the former with the
suffragan of the Metropolis of Neopatras,[184] while Zakythinos suggests either the reading Kalamos, or, from the variant "Talantum" in the Codex Sancti Marci, Atalanti.[180][185]
Pazi/Pazima et Radovisidon, et orium Athenarum, cum pertinentia Megarum.[174] Pazi/Pazima and Radobisdion,[186] and the horion of Athens, with the episkepsis of Megara[187] Crusaders Thessaly and Attica The identity and location of Pazi/Pazima are unknown.
Metropolis of Larissa.[189]

Observations

Based on the forms of the names, the source material for the compilation of the treaty was in Greek, while the prevalence of fiscal terms like episkepsis points to the use of the cadastral and tax registers of the central Byzantine administration.[13][190]

Several areas are left out of the Partitio. In Europe, the lands of

Boniface of Montferrat, and thus evidently excluded from the general partition. This fact also helps to assign the terminus post quem for the treaty, namely the agreement of 16 May 1204 between Boniface and Baldwin of Flanders that established the Kingdom of Thessalonica.[191]

As Zakythinos points out, the territorial division shown in the Partitio and in the 1198 chrysobull for Asia Minor is much more conservative, and reflects far closer the "traditional" thematic structure than in the European provinces.

Attaleia, Cilicia, and even Antioch, whereas in the Partitio, includes the Black Sea shore from Paphlagonia up to Pavrae.[193]

Impact

Fragmentation of the Greek world

The Partitio Romaniae initiated the period of the

disastrous conflict with the powerful Second Bulgarian Empire. Latin rule became most firmly established and lasted longest in southern Greece (the Principality of Achaea and the Duchy of Athens
), as well as the Aegean islands, which came largely under the control of Venice.

Venice

Through the treaty of partition and the constitutional agreements that accompanied it, Venice became the chief power in Latin Romania, and the effective power behind the Latin Empire: placed in a position of parity with the Emperor and involved in the Empire's governance, it was at the same time able to pursue its own interests as a sovereign power irrespective of the Emperor.[194] While the Crusader barons received their fiefs from the Latin Emperor and were thus bound to provide him fealty and assistance, no such restriction was placed on the Venetian portions of the Empire.[2] This was clearly illustrated by the lofty title that the Doge of Venice acquired, beginning with Dandolo's successor, Pietro Ziani: Dominator quartae et dimidiae partis totius Romaniae ("Lord of a quarter and a half quarter of all of Romania"),[195] while Venice's local proconsul, the Podestà of Constantinople, used the quasi-imperial Byzantine title of despotes to emphasize his near-equality with the Latin Emperor.[196]

Importance as a historical source

As the division was based on now lost documents and tax registers from the Byzantine imperial chancery, along with Alexios III's 1198 chrysobull, the Partitio Romaniae is a crucial document for the administrative divisions of the Byzantine Empire and the estates of the various Byzantine magnate families c. 1203, as well as the areas still controlled by the Byzantine central government at the time.[197]

Notes

  1. S2CID 162802725
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  2. ^ Nikolaos Oikonomides[7] proposed a dating to immediately after the sack in April–May 1204, but this has been criticized and generally rejected.[8]
  3. kastron ("fortress").[15]
  4. ^ The Latin term pertinentia is an equivalent to the Byzantine fiscal district of episkepsis, usually pertaining to imperial, monastic, or private estates.[15][16]
  5. ^ The term casale could be equated either with chorion ("village") or proasteion ("landed estate").[34]
  6. ^ A type of subdivision of a theme that appears in the late 12th century exclusively in southern Greece.[69][70]
  7. ^ A chartoularaton was a special type of fiscal and administrative district, placed under a chartoularios, apparently corresponding with areas of Slavic settlement.[69]

References

  1. ^ a b Tafel & Thomas 1856, p. 452.
  2. ^ a b c Nicol1988, p. 141.
  3. ^ Zakythinos 1951, pp. 179–180.
  4. ^ Tafel & Thomas 1856, pp. 444–452.
  5. ^ Zakythinos 1951, p. 180.
  6. ^ Zakythinos 1951, p. 181.
  7. ^ Oikonomidès 1992.
  8. ^ Jacoby 2006, p. 40 (esp. note 101).
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