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REINFORCING EASTERN LIMES : FORTIFICATIONS OF LAZICA IN THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN I Natia Natsvlishvili George Chubinashvili National Research Centre Lazica is ours, in which is also the city of the Petraeans, which has taken its civic identity

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REINFORCING EASTERN LIMES: FORTIFICATIONS OF LAZICA IN THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN I

Natia Natsvlishvili George Chubinashvili National Research Centre

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Justinian’s Novella 28

“Lazica is ours, in which is also the city of the Petraeans, which has taken its civic identity and title from us, using the name of our piety and being called Iustiniana. There lie also Archaeopolis and Rhodopolis, very large and ancient forts. With these are also the forts of Scandis and Sarapanis, which we took from the Persians, and Mourisius (Mochiris) and Lysiris (Losorion) and whatever other works we have performed among the Lazi”

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Petra. General view of the fortress looking south

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Proteichisma

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Round tower

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Baths and cistern

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Basilica at the Petra fortress

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Losorion. Southeastern corner of the fortress

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Geguti Castle. 12th century

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6th century masonry in Geguti

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Geguti, presumably Mochiris

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Apsaros. Aerophoto from the south-western side of the fortress

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Apsaros on the Tabula Peutingeriana, 4th c.

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General Plan of the Apsaros Fortress

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Western wall South-western U-shaped tower Western wall

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Archaeopolis

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Archaeopolis Plan of the site by Paul Everill

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Gate and church built in 6th c. in Archaeopolis

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Double walls in Petra and Sarapanis

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Courses of bricks in the fortresses of Sarapanis, Petra, and Rhodopolis

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The plans of Apsaros, Mocheris, Losorion, and Petra fortresses

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Rhodopolis

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