ADDITIONAL BELTS OF CHORA TOWER OF CHERSONESSOS: FORTIFICATION OR ANTISEISMIC?
Journal: ВЕСТНИК Брянского государственного университета
Year: 2021

The article discusses the question of the appointment of additional belts, which were erected on the sites of Chersonesos Chora in the III-II centuries BC. In ordinary sense, these architectural elements served to strengthen the walls and towers, however, for today in Russian historiography there is no consensus about the reasons and purpose of such strengthening. Almost all of researchers, who have addressed this case, agree with on their “anti-ram” (ie fortification) or anti-seismic purpose. I