MILITARY UNIT OF THE SCYTHAE IUSTINIANI: TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF ITS FORMATION
Journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
Year: 2025

Introduction. Evidence of the military unit of the Scythae Iustiniani has been preserved in papyrus documents of the 6th century from Thebais. The presented article is intended to answer the questions of when and for what purpose this military unit was created. Analysis. The prevailing opinion among researchers is that the Scythae Iustiniani originally consisted of captive Italian Ostrogoths who were deported by the Byzantine authorities to Egypt. Nevertheless, in Byzantine ethnography of the 6t