fortress tomis
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
FORTRESS TOMIS
by
RAREŞ-ANDREI DONOSE
![Page 2: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Tomis Constanta today, was founded over 2500 years ago by Greek
sailors and merchants who came from the town of Miletus (Asia Minor),
attracted by the shelter of the bay and peninsula on the Black Sea
formats, and exchanging good products made with the chiefs of the local
population, the Getae.
![Page 3: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
T H E P E R I O D O F G R E A T
P R O S P E R I T Y O F T O M I S I S
S I T U A T E D I N T H E M I D D L E
O F T H E F I R S T C E N T U R Y
C . E . , W H E N , W I T H T H E
E S T A B L I S H M E N T O F
R O M A N D O M I N A T I O N
O V E R T H E L A N D O F I S T R A
( D A N U B E ) A N D P O N T O S
( B L A C K S E A ) B E C A M E
R O M A N I A N P R O V I N C E ,
R E A C H I N G T H E R A N K O F
T H E C A P I T A L C I T Y .
D U R I N G T H I S T I M E W E R E
B U I L T G R E A T T E M P L E S
A N D B U I L D I N G S , P U B L I C
S Q U A R E S A N D B A T H S
( B A T H S ) , P R O C E S S E D
M A R B L E W O R K S H O P S
W E R E B U I L T S T R E E T S A N D
N E W N E I G H B O R H O O D S .
![Page 4: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
B U T F L O U R I S H I N G
C I T Y I S D E V A S T A T E D
B Y T H E A V A R S I N 6 0 1 . A
F E W C E N T U R I E S
L A T E R , T H E R U I N S O F
A S M A L L S E T T L E M E N T
T O M I S B L O S S O M S
F I S H E R M E N , W H I C H
G R A D U A L L Y I N T H E
F O L L O W I N G
C E N T U R I E S , H A S
G R O W N S T E A D I L Y.
![Page 5: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
T H E R E M A I N S O F
A N C I E N T
C I V I L I Z A T I O N S M E E T
I N T H E C I T Y T O D A Y
E V E R Y W H E R E . C A N
B E S E E N T O D A Y
R E M A I N S O F
C O N S T A N T A R O M A N
W A L L E N C L O S I N G
T H E N O R T H -
W E S T E R N C I T Y O F
T O M I S R U I N S W E S T
A N D N O R T H G A T E S ,
W H I C H W A S M A D E
O U T O F T H E C I T Y.
![Page 6: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
R O M A N M O S A I C E D I F I C E , T H E
M O S T P R E C I O U S
A R C H I T E C T U R A L C O M P L E X
D I S C O V E R E D , D A T I N G F R O M
T H E I I I - I V. T H E F L O O R O F
T H I S B U I L D I N G W I T H T H I C K
W A L L S A N D H I G H I S M A D E O F
C O L O R F U L P I E C E S O F M O S A I C ,
R E P R E S E N T I N G G E O M E T R I C
A N D F L O R A L D E S I G N S . T H E
A R T I S T I C C O N C E P T A N D I T S
D I M E N S I O N S M O S A I C F R O M
C O N S T A N T A I S A M O N G T H E
F I R S T O F I T S K I N D I N T H E
W O R L D . I T S E E M S T H A T T H E
B U I L D I N G , W I T H T H E M I D D L E
L E V E L A N D B A S E M E N T
S T O R A G E F O R G O O D S A N D A
S M A L L S Q U A R E , S E R V I N G
T R A D E , W H I L E B E I N G H E L D
F O R T H E S A L E O F G O O D S A N D
T H E I R S T O R A G E .
![Page 7: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
O T H E R N U M E R O U S
R E M A I N S O F T H E
F O R T R E S S T O M I S F O U N D
I N T H E C I T Y M U S E U M ,
A M O N G T H E M B E I N G
S P E C I A L P I E C E S , S U C H
A S T H E M A R B L E S T A T U E
O F T H E G O D D E S S
F O R T U N A , P R O T E C T O R
O F T H E C I T Y T O M I S ,
T O G E T H E R W I T H
P O N T O S , T H E B L A C K
S E A G O D S T A T U E ,
M A R B L E T H R O U G H O U T ,
A S N A K E G L Y C O N ( A
D E I T Y A S I A N ) E T C .
![Page 8: Fortress Tomis](https://reader038.vdocuments.mx/reader038/viewer/2022100519/55a1026d1a28abf7078b459f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
I N T O M I S F O R T R E S S
S P E N T T H E L A S T
Y E A R S O F H I S L I F E
T H E G R E A T L A T I N
P O E T O V I D I U W H O
R E C O R D E D I N H I S
W O R K S
( " S O R R O W F U L " A N D
" P O N T I C E L E " )
P R E C I O U S
I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T
L I F E A N D C U S T O M S
O F T H E N A T I V E
G E T A E .