Sea connecting, sea dividing. Sea life-giving, sea lethal. Role of sea in life of the people of Crimean Cherson in late Antiquity/the early Byzantine period
Journal: ASEP
Year: 2014

Located at the edge of the classical world, sea always played a significant role in the lives of the people of Cherson. The sea separated Cherson from the Empire; Crimea was considered as a distant territory, suitable for exiling inconvenient people. On the other hand, concerning an enemy attack, the distance from Crimea to Constantinople was uncomfortably short and Cherson itself was a few times threatened from the sea.To be safe, mighty walls were built around the city. Furthermore, the sea pr