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Survey of Medieval Castles of Anatolia II: Nicomedia

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A complete record of the walls of Nicomedia (which was vital for the defence of Constantinople) and of the smaller fortresses along the gulf ranging in date from the 3rd to the 15th century. Written sources provide the historical context to the sites and relations between Byzantines, Crusaders and Turks.

Author(s): Clive Foss
Series: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Monograph, 21
Publisher: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara
Year: 1996

Language: English
Pages: x+98
City: London

Contents
Preface
Maps and plans
List of illustrations
Map of the Gulf of Nicomedia
1. Nicomedia in Late Antiquity
Capital of the Roman Empire
The Age of Constantine
Julian and Libanius
The Great Earthquake
Religious Controversies
The Age of Justinian
The Visit of Theodore of Sykeon
The Archaeological Record
The Late Antique City
2. Byzantine Nicomedia
The Dark Ages
The Macedonian Age and its Aftermath
The Comneni, Turks and Crusaders
Lascarid Nicomedia
The Final Years
The First Ottoman Centuries
3. The Fortifications of Nicomedia
The Walls of Diocletian
The Citadel
The Outer Wall
Types of Masonry
Dating the Walls
History of the Walls
4. Castles of the Gulf
Philokrene (Bayramoğlu)
Ritzion (Darica)
Dakibyza (Gebze)
Niketiaton (Eskihisar)
Libyssa (Dil Iskelesi)
Charax (Hereke)
The Southern Shore
Kibotos, Xerigordos (Coban Kale) and the First Crusade
The Defences of the Gulf
Bibliography
Plates