Proceedings of the Fourth International Roman and Late Antique Thrace Conference
“Conflicts and Catastrophes in Roman and Late Antique Thrace” (Burgas, 12th – 16th October 2020)
Abstract
Preface
The fourth edition of the International “Roman and Late Аntique Thrace” (RaLATh) Conference was carried out in a hybrid format in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 2020. It proved a challeng-ing undertaking in a year marked by COVID-19 restrictions, which was nevertheless fulfilled successfully thanks to the traditionally excellent partnership between Burgas Municipality and the National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Sofia. This time, the conference theme focused on conflicts and catastrophes – a rather thought-provoking topic in our opinion, the discussion of which is crucial for the deeper understanding of turbulent events that shaped the fate of ancient Thrace, and for the establishment of chronologies.We are grateful to all participants who contributed to this discussion in various ways and espe-cially to those who submitted their manuscripts for publication in the present volume.At the same time, we are looking forward with confidence to our next meetings within the framework of this Bulgarian-Greek-Turkish scientific initiative and their respective proceedings volumes. Because, as we are well aware: scripta manent!
3rd December 2024
The editors
Table of contents
Conflicts, Catastrophes, Chronologies
An Archaeology of Catastrophe and Resilience in Aegean Thrace: Environmental Risks and Human-Inflicted Hazards
Vasilis EVANGELIDIS
Roman Army and Conflicts in Thracia (1st – 2nd Century AD)
Florian MATEI-POPESCU
Archaeological Data on Cataclysms in the Roman Colony of Deultum in Southeastern Thrace (2nd – 6th century AD)
Lyudmil VAGALINSKI
The Slavic and Avar Incursions in the Dioecesis Thraciarum through Contemporary Literary Sources (6th – 7th Centuries)
Dominic MOREAU
Trouble at The Coast
Rome and Mithridates VI in Southeastern Thrace: Archaeological Evidence of a Conflict?
Ivaylo LOZANOV
Verschlechterung bevor Umwandlung. Die Südwestliche Schwarzmeerküste während Marcus Aurelius und Commodus
Hristo PRESHLENOV
Aegean Thrace and Barbaric Invasions from the Mid-3rd to the End of the 4th Century AD Based on Numismatic Data
Marina TASAKLAKI
The Effects of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Troas Region on the Parion Coin Findings
Vedat KELEŞ / Kasım OYARÇİN
Disasters in Southeastern Thrace with Considerations for Earthquakes in Roman Imperial Times and Late Antiquity
Mustafa H. SAYAR
The Dire Centuries
Archaeological Evidence for the Gothic Invasion in Philippopolis
Elena BOZHINOVA / Varbin VARBANOV
Roman Swords, Barbarian Axes: Downplaying Gothic Victory at Adrianople in Ammianus 31
Amia DAVIS
Cabyle and the Gothic War, AD 376-382 (Based on the Results from Archaeological Excavations in Sector V, 2014-2019)
Philip KOLEV / Ivan VALCHEV
The Aftermath
Septimius Severus and Conflict Mitigation in Post-Civil War Thrace
Milena RAYCHEVA
The Impact of the Gothic Wars (AD 376-378) on Thrace
Ivo TOPALILOV
Some Observations on the Last Architectural Design of the Porticos of the Roman Agora in Philippopolis
Plamena DAKASHEVA
Specificities of the Fortification System of Philippopolis During the Early Byzantine Era (5th – 6th centuries AD)
Maya MARTINOVA-KYUTOVA / Galina PIROVSKA†
Bath Conversion into Churches from Late Antiquity: A Case Study from the Diocese of Thracia
Alexander IVANOV
