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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Places from this period
Place dossiers are linked here as their source and period review is completed.
Period stories
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Research timeline archive
- St. Jean at Alaşehir: A Second Life for Stone
- 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