Landscape Dynamics and Settlement Patterns in Northern Anatolia during the Roman and Byzantine Period

Landscape Dynamics and Settlement Patterns in Northern Anatolia during the Roman and Byzantine Period

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After his victory over Mithradates VI the Roman general Pompey founded a number of cities in order to shape the newly founded Roman province in the inland of the conquered former Pontic kingdom, in the southern Black Sea region. This sparked the beginning of an intense process of urban and rural development peaking in the 2nd century AD and continuing until the Byzantine period, a level of intensity never accomplished in northern Anatolia until today. The reorganization of space through the development of new urban centers affected the whole region and transformed the territory. This volume reviews current knowledge regarding these new founded Roman cities in relation to their territories, necropoleis and sanctuaries. It consists of 18 articles, which explore dynamics in settlement patterns, architecture, urban and mortuary spaces, monetary circulation and epigraphic habit. Some articles present the results of recent field research, others review little known material ripe for new interpretations, while new archaeological data is provided by the reports of rescue excavations carried out by local museums.

„Scholars interested in Roman and Byzantine Anatolia will find in this volume an invaluable resource.“

Emanuele E. Intagliata, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 123, No. 2
Series Geographica Historica
Volume 32
ISBN 978-3-515-11214-7
Media type Book - Paperback
Edition number 1.
Copyright year 2015
Publisher Franz Steiner Verlag
Length 354 pages
Illustrations 40 b/w figs., 9 col. figs., 8 b/w tables
Size 17.0 x 24.0 cm
Language English