Eastern Roman era
395 - 1071 · Faith and continuity
How to read this period
Covering 395 - 1071, the Eastern Roman era dossier is a reading point within the long transformation of settlement, movement, production and belief networks across the Aegean. Faith and continuity. Period boundaries are used to compare layers that changed at different speeds in different places, rather than to imply a clean historical break.
Records from the coast, valleys and inland areas are not reduced to one line of development. Region, place and narrative links are used to compare shared patterns with local differences.
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- The long work of stone at Aphrodisias: from quarry to apprentice, Aphrodite to Geyre
- Pergamon and Aizanoi: a Hellenistic Inner Aegean threshold
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Clandras Aqueduct to Sebaste and Simav Eynal: Inland Aegean Water Engineering and Roman Thermal Springs
- From Colossae Purple Wool to Mount Honaz Peak and Kaklık Underground Pamukkale: Epistle to Colossians, 2,571m Peak, and Travertine Caves
- From Dokimeion Marble to Boyalı Complex and Kızılören Grand Mosque: Roman Pavonazzetto Quarries, 13th-Century Seljuk Lodge, and Timber Mosque Architecture
- Three Thresholds of Gediz: Sardis, Kula and Alaşehir
- Hermias, the dolphin, and the two memories of Güllük Gulf
- Lakes, Mounds, and Trade Routes of the Inland Aegean: From Beycesultan to Apameia and the Walls of Amorium
- Rock Cities of the Inland Aegean and the Roman Stock Exchange: From Aizanoi to Ayazini and the Blaundos Cliffs
- From Kayaköy Levissi to Gemiler Island and Afkule Cliffs: 500 Stone Houses, St. Nicholas Pilgrimage Tunnel, and Cliff Monastery
- From Kırkgöz 64 Arches to Eber Floating Peat Islands and Çay Seljuk Taş Han: Mimar Sinan Bridges, Floating Peat Islands, and Seljuk Caravanserais
- From Lycus to the Büyük Menderes: Laodicea, Hierapolis and Tripolis
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- Valley of Marble and Healing: Sculptors of Aphrodisias, Waters of Pamukkale, and Textiles of Laodicea
- From Metropolis Council to Belevi Mausoleum and Torbalı Aqueducts: Mother Goddess City, Royal Tombs, and Roman Aqueducts
- Birth of Montanism and Declaration of Holy City Pepouza (170 CE)
- From Pepouza Montanism to Ulubey Canyon and Taşyaran Valley: Holy City of Female Prophets, World's 2nd Longest Canyon Glass Terrace, and Gneiss Basins
- Construction of the St. Jean Basilica at Philadelpheia (550 CE)
- From Philadelpheia to Katakekaumene Vineyards and Kurşunlu Han: Seven Churches, Volcanic Wine, and Caravan Routes
- Export of Proconnesian Marble and Sarcophagi to Roman and Byzantine Capitals (500 BCE)
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels