On the Issue of Typological Classification of Epitaphs in Byzantine Chersonesus
Journal: Res Historica
Year: 2018

The article presents a survey of the tombstones of the Chersonesus necropolis in order to trace the transformation of the worldview of its residents during the transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Christianity spread in the city in the 4th century, and Christians used the symbolic language of Late Antiquity, giving it a new meaning. There are significantly fewer tombstones in byzantine Chersonesus compared with those extant from Antiquity. Nonetheless, they represent the specificit