Christianization of the Goths and Alanians in the South-Western Crimea in the 4th—6th Centuries
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2024

The written accounts and archaeological evidence allow us to speak about the emergence of the Gothic and Alanian Christian communities in the Mountainous Crimea in the second half of the 4th century. It is for these communities that the dipinti εὐλογία amphorae with wine for worship were imported. The Christianization of the limes “barbarians” intensified after Emperor Theodosius I issued edicts in 380 and 381, proclaiming Christianity of the Nicene confession as the only state religion and equa