Archaeology and the "Twenty Cities" of Byzantine Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4534523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clive Fo, Clive Foss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 469-486 |
| Publication date | 1977-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/503279 |
| OpenAlex | W2321162153 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 1 |
The fate of the great cities of western Asia Minor in the post-classical period has remained obscure and controversial. Most discussions, based on the literary sources, have come to one of two opposing conclusions: that urban life continued without major interruption from the Roman through the Byzantine period, or that cities declined to fortresses or small towns. Research based on the sources, which rarely have occasion to mention provincial towns, cannot resolve the problem; the present discussion, therefore, turns to the evidence of archaeology. By considering the remains of twenty cities of western Asia Minor, it is possible to come to a conclusion and, at the same time, to demonstrate the methodology needed. The cities are those included in a list of the "twenty cities of Asia" compiled by the tenth-century emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus. The archaeological evidence, where it is available, shows conclusively that a major change took place in the Dark Ages and that the cities were considerably reduced from their ancient size and wealth, the most notable examples being Ephesus, Sardis, Miletus, and Pergamum
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
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| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |