BYZANTINE PHILANTROPY AND CHERSON:TWO EXAMPLES IN THE FIELD OF SIGILLOGRAPHY
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. The ancient authors’ accounts often describe Byzantium as a state rich in material goods and very humane, where the people are famous for their boundless philanthropy, manifesting itself in diverse spheres of public life. There are numerous reports that the Byzantines took seriously their “brothers, the poor” – sick and disabled persons in particular. Among the forms of assistance to the indigent and poor, there were distributions of food rations, clothes, and certain sums of money