SAVAŞ VE TRAJEDİ: PS. JOSHUA THE STYLITE VE PS. ZACHARIAH RHETOR’A GÖRE AMİDA KUŞATMASI (MS. 502) VE SONRASI

Year 2020, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 63 - 78, 29.04.2020

Süha Konuk

Abstract

Ps. Joshua the Stylite (Tr. Çileci Yeşua) ve Ps. Zachariah Rhetor’un (Tr. Hatip Zekeriya) kronikleri, Roma-Sasani mücadelesinin önemli birer kaynakları olarak sınır bölgesinde ikâme halkın gündelik yaşamları hakkında da oldukça detaylı bilgiler sunmaktadırlar. Dönemin diğer tarihçilerinin aksine bu iki yazar, Roma-Sasani mücadelelerinde bir kuşatmanın nasıl cereyan ettiğine ve kuşatma esnasında surların arkasındaki insanların psikolojilerine ve neler yaşandığına dair de oldukça geniş malumatlar vermişlerdir. Amidalıların üç aylık kuşatma boyunca direnişleri ve şehrin Sasaniler tarafından ele geçirilmesi akabinde ortaya çıkan açlık ve benzeri felaketler bu iki yazar tarafından kaleme alınmıştır. Bu çalışma, 502 Amida kuşatması hakkında bilgiler veren söz konusu iki yazarın eserlerini analiz ederek, geç antik çağda bölgede kuşatma altındaki insanların gündelik yaşamı üzerine bir yorum olacaktır.

Keywords

Ps. Joshua the Stylite, Ps. Zachariah Rhetor, Amida, Roma-Sasani Savaşları, Yukarı Dicle

WARFARE AND TRAGEDY: THE SIEGE OF AMIDA (AD 502) AND AFTERMATH ACCORDING TO PS. JOSHUA THE STYLITE AND PS. ZACHARIAH RHETOR

Abstract

The chronicles of Ps. Joshua the Stylite and Ps. Zachariah the Rhetor (or Mytilene) highlighted much of the Roman-Persian tension as well as gave quite detailed information about the local people of the region and their daily lives. Unlike the other historians of this era, these two authors recorded important details that would enable us to understand the stages of a siege during the Roman-Sassanian conflicts and the psychology of the people under the blockade. The resistance of the Amida people during the three-month siege, the city being taken over by the Sassanians, the subsequent famine, and many other details were recorded by these authors. This study will be a commentary on the daily life of the people in the region, the residents of the city during the siege, and will also be an analysis of the information given by the sources regarding the Amida siege of 502 itself.

Keywords

Ps. Joshua the Stylite, Ps. Zachariah Rhetor, Amida, The Roman-Persian Wars, Upper Tigris

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