Two Examples of the Reconstruction of the Main Defense Line of Mangup Fortress in the Theme Period of Its History
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2022

The Theme Period in the history of Mangup dates from 841 to the mid-eleventh century. For the first time in many years of archaeological researches at the site, recent excavations revealed two major repairs of the defensive structures of the fortress. These works date from the periods far from each other, and namely the mid-ninth century and the late tenth century; therefore, one may assume that the local Byzantine administration permanently paid attention to the defence capacity of the fortress