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Hellenized Jews of the Roman Frontiers

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Hellenized Jews of the Roman Frontiers refers to decentralized Jewish communities residing within the Roman and Byzantine provinces of Illyricum, Moesia, Dacia, Thrace, and adjacent areas such as Bessarabia (now largely in modern Moldova)—regions sometimes collectively referred to as Slavia Graeca, the northern frontier of Byzantine influence.[1][2]

Scholarly literature often labels these populations as “Pre-Ashkenazi Jews of the Balkans” due to their early presence in the region prior to the rise of Ashkenazi Jewry in Central Europe.[3] Others refer to them as “Wallachian Jews,” referencing Jewish communities that emerged in the historical region of Wallachia and surrounding areas.[4]

These communities developed independently of the major Jewish centers in Judea and Babylonia, and their practices were shaped by local frontier conditions and Hellenistic cultural influence.[5][6]

Byzantine-era Jewish tombstone from the Balkans

Historical Development

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Evidence for these communities comes from archaeological discoveries, historical texts, and genetic studies highlighting rare maternal haplogroups.[7][8]

These Jews predominantly lived in rural or militarized regions, practicing a form of Judaism aligned with Jerusalem Talmudic traditions and influenced by Hellenistic norms.[9]

Findings such as Jewish symbols, inscriptions, and imported Judaica confirm Jewish presence in Thrace, Moesia, Illyricum, and Dacia.[10]

Sites in modern Romania—including Sarmizegetusa, Porolissum, and Pojejena—provide evidence for Jewish integration into local civic and economic life.[11]

Over time, many of these frontier groups were absorbed into broader Eastern European Jewish populations, including Ashkenazi, Romaniote, and Sephardic traditions. Nonetheless, unique liturgical and genetic traces remained in certain lineages.[12]

Liturgical Influence

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Scholars have noted that certain liturgical elements originating in Byzantine and southern Balkan Jewish communities—including specific piyyut traditions, poetic forms, and calendrical customs—found their way into the emerging Nusach Ashkenaz during the medieval period.[13][14] These elements likely traveled through cultural exchange and migration routes connecting Romaniote, southern Italian, and Ashkenazi communities. In particular, liturgical poetry authored by Byzantine paytanim such as Eleazar ben Killir influenced the structure of Ashkenazi machzorim, where they were incorporated into High Holiday services. The transmission of these texts through regions like Ohrid, Thessaloniki, and Jewish communities in southern Italy helped preserve aspects of Hellenistic and Balkan Jewish practice in the religious life of Eastern European Jewry.[15][16]

Scholarly Assessment

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The Jewish communities of the Roman and Byzantine Balkans remain underrepresented in historical scholarship. Historian Steven B. Bowman highlights this issue in his work on the subject, stating:

"The history of the Jews in Byzantium is still one of the least studied areas in Jewish historiography. Despite their continuous presence in the Empire for over a millennium, these communities remain poorly documented and largely overshadowed by studies on Jewish life in Western Europe and the Islamic world."

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Historical Context

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Early Jewish Presence (3rd century BCE – 3rd century CE)

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Jewish migration into the Balkans began under the Hellenistic kingdoms and expanded under Roman rule. Jews settled in urban centers and along trade routes across Macedonia (Roman province), Thrace, and Illyricum.[17] The city of Stobi (modern North Macedonia) preserves the remains of a synagogue with Greek inscriptions from the 4th century CE.[18]

Remains of a Roman-era synagogue in Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv, Bulgaria). Located in the city center, the site includes mosaic floors and inscriptions, suggesting a well-established Jewish community during the 3rd–4th centuries CE.

Roman sources mention Jewish communities in the provinces of Moesia and Pannonia, though not always by specific name. Inscriptions and legal records confirm the presence of Jews in these frontier zones, often organized as collegia (guild-like associations) with limited legal protections under Roman law.[19]

As part of the wider Roman Jewish diaspora, Hellenized Jews throughout the empire—including those in provincial and frontier communities—maintained the tradition of sending the annual Temple tax (didrachma) to Jerusalem until the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.[20][21]

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Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire, particularly under the reign of Constantine the Great (r. 306–337), Jews in the eastern Mediterranean faced increasing legal and social restrictions. Legislation compiled in the Codex Theodosianus placed limits on synagogue construction, access to public office, and religious conversions.[22]

Ceramic object discovered in the synagogue at Stobi (present-day North Macedonia), dated to the 4th–6th century CE. The piece features two menorahs, a hexagram, and animal motifs, suggesting ceremonial or communal use.[17]

In response to mounting pressures, some Jewish communities relocated to the northern provinces of Illyricum, Moesia, and Thrace, where imperial enforcement was weaker and new opportunities existed in military provisioning, agriculture, and trade.[23] Jewish settlement also expanded into the empire’s northeastern frontiers, including parts of Bessarabia and modern-day Moldova, within the administrative zones of Roman Dacia and Lower Moesia.[17] According to some scholars, these frontier areas afforded a degree of legal flexibility, enabling Jewish families to maintain communal autonomy and integrate into provincial society.[24]

In 393 CE, Emperor Theodosius I issued legal protections for Jewish communities and their synagogues, reflecting a recognized Jewish presence along the Danube frontier during the later Roman Empire.[25] Later, in the 6th century, Justinian I implemented a series of fortification projects throughout the region. Among these was the reconstruction of a fortress near present-day Vidin, referred to in some sources as the "fortress of Judaeus," which may indicate the continued presence of an organized Jewish population in the area.[26]

Frontier Settlements and Slavic-Avar Invasions (6th–9th centuries CE)

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Following the division of the Roman Empire, the Balkans came under the administration of the Byzantine Empire. Jewish communities remained active in urban centers such as Thessaloniki, Philippopolis (modern-day Plovdiv), and Serdica (modern-day Sofia), as well as along the Adriatic coast. Archaeological remains, including inscriptions and synagogue structures, attest to their continued presence in the region.[27] [28] [29]

Between the 6th and 8th centuries, the region experienced significant disruption due to Slavic incursions and the Avar–Byzantine wars. In response, some Jewish families sought refuge in fortified cities such as Split, where evidence indicates that Jews continued to reside within the walls of Diocletian's Palace.[30][31]

During this period, Byzantine legal codes under emperors such as Justinian I imposed additional civil restrictions on Jews, further limiting their rights in urban centers.[32][33] These constraints, coupled with the weakening of central authority in the frontier provinces, may have encouraged Jewish migration further inland into regions such as Pannonia, Dacia Ripensis, and Transylvania.[34]

Some historians argue that Jewish families—particularly those engaged in artisanal work or regional trade—followed established trade and river routes into the interior. These dispersed settlements may have interacted with the Kabars, a nomadic confederation with reported Jewish elements that later allied with the Magyars in the Carpathian Basin.[35] Genetic and liturgical evidence from later Jewish communities in Hungary, Galicia, and Southern Poland may reflect continuity from these early Balkan settlements.[36][37]

Although Byzantine authority weakened in the region by the 9th century, evidence suggests that Jewish communities persisted along the Danube and in Black Sea coastal regions. In the 12th century, the Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela recorded the presence of around 50 Jewish families in Wallachia, living peacefully along the Danube River.[38] Some scholars propose that later Jewish communities recorded in 14th-century Bessarabia, then under Tatar and Moldavian rule, may trace their origins to these earlier frontier settlements.[39][circular reference]

Scholars suggest that this migratory continuity may have preserved regional traditions among northern Jewish populations. These include the retention of Hellenistic linguistic forms,[40] distinctive Sabbath observance practices,[41] and poetic structures later incorporated into Ashkenazi liturgy.[42][43]

Religious and Cultural Identity

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Language and Practice

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Jewish communities in the frontier provinces of Illyricum, Moesia, Dacia, and Thrace during Late Antiquity likely used Koine Greek as their primary language, as evidenced by inscriptions found in sites such as Stobi and Philippopolis.[44][45] Their religious practices may have aligned more closely with traditions preserved in the Jerusalem Talmud, rather than the later-dominant Babylonian schools.[46]

Cultural and ritual elements in these communities may have included:

  • Sabbath observance determined by local astronomy or star positions[47]
  • Use of protective amulets and invocation of angelic names in domestic contexts[48]
  • Transmission of religious customs through matrilineal and household-based practices[49]
  • Retention of purity and agricultural laws in regionalized forms[50]

These isolated communities may have preserved localized traditions distinct from mainstream rabbinic practice, resembling the survival of non-standard liturgical customs among Romaniote Jews in Greece and Mountain Jews in the Caucasus.[51]

Cultural Interactions

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Jewish communities in the frontier provinces of the Balkans exhibited significant cultural integration with their surrounding populations. Epigraphic evidence indicates that many Jews adopted Greek and Latin names and participated in civic institutions, including guilds and local governance. This integration suggests that frontier Jews navigated multiple cultural identities, blending Hellenistic, Roman, and Jewish traditions in both public and private life.[52]

In the 12th century, the Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela documented the presence of Jewish communities across southeastern Europe during his extensive journey through the region. In his Itinerary, he reported finding at least 50 Jewish families living in Wallachia, near the Danube River, coexisting peacefully with the local population. He noted that the Wallachians referred to the Jews as “brothers,” suggesting a degree of cultural or social affinity.[53]

Material Culture

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Material remains associated with Jewish communities in the Balkan and Danubian provinces offer insight into their religious life and local adaptations. These findings reflect a decentralized form of Judaism expressed through folk practice, visual symbols, and household ritual, often outside the purview of formal rabbinic authority.

Archaeological discoveries include:

  • Synagogue mosaics with Greek inscriptions and Jewish symbols, such as menorahs, shofars, and lulavs—especially at sites like Stobi and Aegae.[54][55]
  • Funerary steles and gravestones bearing carved menorahs, ethrogs, and Greek epitaphs, found in Roman-era cemeteries in Macedonia, Thrace, and Dacia.[56]
  • Lead amulets etched with protective prayers, angelic names, and magical formulae, often associated with late antique Jewish mysticism and early folk Kabbalah.[57][58]
  • Household ritual items such as oil lamps with menorah motifs, incense shovels, and objects reused or re-inscribed with Jewish symbols, found in both urban and rural contexts.[59]

These material artifacts suggest that religious practice in the region often merged formal Jewish tradition with local customs, oral transmission, and symbolic continuity. Cultural memory was likely passed down through family ritual, women’s practices, and communal gatherings rather than preserved in formal halakhic texts.[60]

From the Byzantine Frontier to Ashkenazi Europe

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Historical and genetic evidence suggests that some Hellenized Jews of the frontier borderlands—particularly those from the Roman and Byzantine provinces of Illyricum, Moesia, and Pannonia—were gradually absorbed into the developing Ashkenazi Jewish population of Central and Eastern Europe. These communities, situated at the margins of both Christian and Muslim spheres of influence, maintained local traditions even as they integrated into broader Jewish networks.[61][62][63]

Bonfil notes that “under the pressures of war, persecution, or trade, [some Romaniote Jews] migrated northward into the Slavic and Magyar zones,” where they were eventually absorbed into Ashkenazi populations, while retaining traces of legal and liturgical distinctiveness.[64]

In Medieval Hungary, Jewish migrants—some of them from Byzantine frontier regions—were often offered protection by local nobles and permitted to settle in market towns or border regions. These Jews engaged in trade, artisanal work, and financial services, and in some cases formed small autonomous communities under noble patronage.[65][66]

Liturgical and poetic forms associated with Byzantine and Romaniote tradition—such as piyyutim and unique hymn structures—appear in medieval Ashkenazi manuscripts from Galicia, Hungary, and Bohemia.[67][68]

Sephardic Influence in the Ottoman Balkans

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Following the expulsions from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497, large numbers of Sephardic Jews settled in the territories of the Ottoman Empire, including the Balkans. Welcomed by Ottoman authorities under Bayezid II, these new arrivals established thriving Jewish communities in cities such as Thessaloniki, Sarajevo, Skopje, and Istanbul.[69][70]

The Sephardic influx gradually transformed the religious and cultural landscape of Balkan Jewry. While older Romaniote traditions persisted in some areas, Sephardic liturgy, the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) language, and rabbinic customs increasingly became dominant—especially in urban centers where Sephardic populations outnumbered or assimilated the older communities.[71][72]

In some communities, the two traditions coexisted in synagogues known as kal grandi (great synagogue) and kal kadosh (holy synagogue), while in others, Sephardic practice overtook or absorbed Romaniote and local Byzantine-era customs.[73][74]

This cultural layering contributed to the complexity of Jewish identity in southeastern Europe and shaped the historical context for later Ashkenazi–Sephardi interaction in the region.[75]

Mitochondrial DNA and Maternal Lineages

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), inherited solely through the maternal line, is widely used to trace deep ancestry. Studies of Jewish populations—particularly Ashkenazi Jews—have revealed a strong founder effect, with the majority of Ashkenazi maternal lineages belonging to four primary haplogroups: K1a1b1a, N1b, J1c, and T2e.[76] However, additional mtDNA lineages—many unrelated to the four founders—have been identified among Jews historically associated with the Balkans, the Carpathian Basin, and Eastern Europe. These may reflect maternal continuity from older diaspora routes, localized admixture, or conversion during Late Antiquity and the early medieval period.[77]

Some scholars have proposed that certain Jewish communities from the Balkans entered the emerging Ashkenazi population without passing through the severe genetic bottlenecks that affected other Ashkenazi lineages. Genetic studies of rare mitochondrial haplogroups suggest continuity from local, Hellenized Jewish populations who may have been absorbed into Eastern European Jewry while retaining distinct maternal lines.[78]

Notable haplogroups include:

  • H7e* — A rare subclade of haplogroup H, not associated with core Ashkenazi founders. H7e* is sparsely represented in Sephardic and Middle Eastern populations but appears sporadically in Ashkenazi Jews. It has also been matched to a 16th–17th-century burial near the Báthory estate in Transylvania.[79][80]
  • U5a1 and U5b2 — Among the oldest European mtDNA lineages, U5 subclades appear sporadically in Jewish populations and may represent early admixture with European groups.[81]
  • H1 and H6 — Common across Europe and the Near East, these lineages may reflect maternal retention from Jews living along trade routes or in frontier communities.[82]
  • HV* and HV0 — Identified in both Balkan and Caucasus Jewish groups, including Romaniote and Mountain Jews. These lineages likely predate the dominant Ashkenazi clusters.[83]

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