Maurice's Balkan campaigns were a series of military expeditions conducted by Byzantine emperor Maurice in an attempt to defend the Balkan provinces of the East Roman Empire from Avars and Slavs. Maurice was the only Byzantine Emperor, except for Anastasius I, who did his best to implement determined Balkan policies in Late Antiquity, paying adequate attention to the safety of the northern frontier against Barbarian incursions.

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  • Maurice's Balkan campaigns were a series of military expeditions conducted by Byzantine emperor Maurice in an attempt to defend the Balkan provinces of the East Roman Empire from Avars and Slavs. Maurice was the only Byzantine Emperor, except for Anastasius I, who did his best to implement determined Balkan policies in Late Antiquity, paying adequate attention to the safety of the northern frontier against Barbarian incursions. During the second half of his reign, the Balkan campaigns were the main focus of his foreign policies, as a favourable peace treaty with Persia in 591 enabled him to shift his experienced troops from the Persian front to the region. The refocusing of Roman efforts soon paid off: the frequent Roman failures before 591 were succeeded by a string of successes afterwards. Although it is widely believed that his campaigns were only a token measure and that Roman rule over the Balkans collapsed immediately after his overthrow in 602, Maurice was in fact well on his way forestalling the Slavic landfall on the Balkans, nearly preserving the order of Late Antiquity there. His success was only undone over ten years after his overthrow. Retrospectively, these campaigns were the last in the series of classical Roman campaigns against the Barbarians on the Rhine and Danube. With respect to the Slavs, these campaigns had the typical trait of Roman campaigns against unorganized tribes and of what we now call asymmetric warfare.
  • Die Balkanfeldzüge des Maurikios waren eine Serie von Feldzügen, die der oströmische Kaiser Maurikios unternahm, um die oströmischen Balkanprovinzen gegen Awaren und Slawen zu verteidigen. Maurikios war neben Anastasios I. (491 bis 518) der einzige spätantike Kaiser, der im Rahmen seiner Möglichkeiten eine konsequente Balkanpolitik betrieb und somit einer Sicherung der Nordgrenze des Reiches gegen Barbareneinfälle die nötige Aufmerksamkeit schenkte. In der zweiten Hälfte seiner Regierungszeit (ab 591) waren sie dank einem Frieden mit Persien der Schwerpunkt seiner Außenpolitik und deutlich erfolgreicher als vordem. Weit verbreitet und falsch ist die Annahme, dass die Feldzüge des Maurikios auf dem Balkan nur ein letztes Aufbäumen gewesen seien und dass die römische Herrschaft auf dem Balkan unmittelbar nach dem Sturz von Maurikios 602 zusammengebrochen sei.. Maurikios war zuletzt auf gutem Wege, die dauerhafte Landnahme der Slawen auf dem Balkan zu verhindern und die spätantike Ordnung auf dem Balkan zu erhalten. Er hatte mit seinen langwierigen Feldzügen Erfolg, abgesehen von einem Rückschlag 597/598. Sein Werk wurde lediglich durch die politischen Wirren nach seinem Sturz zunichte gemacht. Rückblickend betrachtet waren diese Feldzüge die letzten der über Jahrhunderte geführten römischen Abwehrfeldzüge gegen Barbaren an Rhein und Donau. Zumindest in Bezug auf die Slawen hatten diese Feldzüge die den römischen Barbarenfeldzügen eigenen Wesensmerkmale eines Kampfes gegen nichtstaatliche Bedrohung und der asymmetrischen Kriegführung.
  • Nel Tardoantico, Maurizio fu il solo imperatore bizantino, se si eccettua Anastasio I, che combatté per mantenere il possesso dei Balcani contro i barbari che premevano alle frontiere. Il sovrano condusse una serie di campagne per difendere la zona dagli assalti di Avari e Slavi. Nella seconda metà del suo regno, Maurizio poté concentrarsi su di essi dopo essere giunto ad una pace favorevole con la Persia Sassanide. Le campagne balcaniche dell'imperatore Maurizio furono nel complesso vittoriose, e poco mancò che preservassero l'autorità romana (i Bizantini sempre si considerarono Rhomaioi, cioè Romani) sull'area a sud del Danubio. I successi riportati da Maurizio furono vanificati dal caos scatenatosi sotto i suoi successori, su tutti Foca. Si potrebbe azzardare che queste campagne siano le ultime "classiche" azioni contro i barbari sul limes renano-danubiano che dall'epoca augustea aveva delimitato l'orbis romanus.
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  • Maurice's Balkan campaigns were a series of military expeditions conducted by Byzantine emperor Maurice in an attempt to defend the Balkan provinces of the East Roman Empire from Avars and Slavs. Maurice was the only Byzantine Emperor, except for Anastasius I, who did his best to implement determined Balkan policies in Late Antiquity, paying adequate attention to the safety of the northern frontier against Barbarian incursions.
  • Die Balkanfeldzüge des Maurikios waren eine Serie von Feldzügen, die der oströmische Kaiser Maurikios unternahm, um die oströmischen Balkanprovinzen gegen Awaren und Slawen zu verteidigen. Maurikios war neben Anastasios I. (491 bis 518) der einzige spätantike Kaiser, der im Rahmen seiner Möglichkeiten eine konsequente Balkanpolitik betrieb und somit einer Sicherung der Nordgrenze des Reiches gegen Barbareneinfälle die nötige Aufmerksamkeit schenkte.
  • Nel Tardoantico, Maurizio fu il solo imperatore bizantino, se si eccettua Anastasio I, che combatté per mantenere il possesso dei Balcani contro i barbari che premevano alle frontiere. Il sovrano condusse una serie di campagne per difendere la zona dagli assalti di Avari e Slavi. Nella seconda metà del suo regno, Maurizio poté concentrarsi su di essi dopo essere giunto ad una pace favorevole con la Persia Sassanide.
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