Michael and Niketas Choniates, significant figures of letters of the second half of the twelfth and the early thirteenth century, were closely related to the Belissariotai, a noble family of the Byzantine aristocracy. Thanks to both Choniatai brothers we are able to gather valuable information about the Belissariotai and to examine not only their role in the administration of the state during the last quarter of the twelfth century, but also their unbreakable bonds of friendship and kinship with the Choniatai. This paper aims to present a thorough prosopographic study on the Belissariotai family through the examination of literary and sigillographic evidence and to challenge a series of long-established views regarding the different stages of their life and career.

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Belissariotai 家族：对拜占庭前言学的贡献

迈克尔和尼克塔斯·乔尼亚特斯是 12 世纪下半叶和 13 世纪初的重要文学人物，与拜占庭贵族的贵族家庭 Belissariotai 密切相关。感谢 Choniatai 兄弟，我们能够收集有关 Belissariotai 的宝贵信息，不仅可以检查他们在 12 世纪最后 25 年在国家管理中的作用，还可以检查他们与 Choniatai 之间牢不可破的友谊和血缘关系。本文旨在通过对文学和丝印证据的检验，对贝利萨里奥泰家族进行全面的prosopographic研究，并挑战一系列关于他们生活和职业不同阶段的长期确立的观点。